An Inventory of the Blueprints and Drawings Collection at the Texas
State Archives, 1854-1984,
undated, bulk 1936-1938

Title:

Blueprints and drawings
collection

Dates:

1854-1984, undated

Dates:

bulk 1936-1938

Abstract:

The Blueprints and drawings
collection offers a historical perspective on the construction of public works and
public expenditure on art and architecture, particularly in relation to the Texas
Centennial. Records comprise blueprints, plats, linen prints, pen and pencil
drawings, Photostats, specifications, contracts, leases, bonds, notes, and schedules
that detail the plans for additions, renovations, and construction of state
buildings and monuments, dating from 1854 to 1984 and undated, with gaps throughout,
bulk dating 1936-1938. Most of the prints and drawings document construction of
public institutions managed by the Texas State Board of Control and include
facilities to house the mentally ill, physically disabled, juvenile delinquent, and
other dependent populations. The materials also reflect construction done for
special functions, such as building monuments for the Texas Centennial Celebration.
A few sets of drawings are present for buildings on state university campuses and
for state buildings in the State Capitol Complex area.

The Texas State Board of Control was created in 1919 by the 36th Texas Legislature
(Senate Bill 147, Regular Session), becoming operational on January 1, 1920.
Composed of three members appointed by the Governor, the Board of Control was given
several responsibilities and duties after several agencies and offices were
abolished by the same legislation that created the Board of Control.

The Board acted as a purchasing agent for several institutions and agencies, and also
had control of the state eleemosynary institutions (state schools, hospitals and
sanatoriums, orphanages, juvenile training schools). The Board had joint supervision
of some state parks (including San Jacinto, Goliad, and Fannin State Parks), as well
as control of maintenance of the Capitol and other state office buildings. In this
capacity the Board contracted for all construction, repairs, and improvements made
for the eleemosynary institutions and other state agencies; designed and prepared
the plans and specifications used in construction projects and machinery and
equipment repairs; leased public grounds; rented offices and buildings when needed
for state agencies; sold property of the state when no longer needed; and prepared
the biennial appropriation budget for the state. The Texas Relief Commission was
added to the Board in 1934 (House Bill 1, 43rd Legislature, 3rd Called Session) and
the Old Age Assistance Commission was added in 1936 (House Bill 8, 44th Legislature,
3rd Called Session).

Over the years many of the duties of the Board were transferred to other agencies. In
1939 the 46th Legislature (Senate Bill 36, Regular Session) created the Texas State
Department of Public Welfare, and in 1949 control of all eleemosynary institutions
was transferred to the Texas Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools and
the Texas Youth Development Council (House Bill 1, 51st Legislature, Regular
Session). Additional legislation in 1949 (House Bill 120, 51st Legislature, Regular
Session) transferred control and custody of all state historical parks, except the
San Jacinto State Park and Memorial Tower, Fannin State Park and the Battleship
Texas, to the control and custody of the Texas State Parks Board.

In 1953 the Board of Control was reorganized (Senate Bill 77, 53rd Legislature,
Regular Session). The Board still maintained three members, appointed by the
Governor to six-year overlapping terms, but the chair was now appointed by the
Governor. Also, an Executive Director was hired to handle administrative and other
duties. The duties and responsibilities of the Board remained the same. The Board of
Control was abolished in 1979 (House Bill 1673, 66th Legislature, Regular Session);
its duties and responsibilities were transferred to the newly created Texas State
Purchasing and General Services Commission. In 1991 the agency was renamed the
General Services Commission. In 2001 the agency was abolished and replaced by the
building and Procurement Commission, with some functions transferring to other
agencies (Senate Bill 311, 77th Legislature, Regular Session). In 2007 the agency
was renamed the Texas Facilities Commission and its functions not related to state
facilities were transferred to the Texas Comptroller's Office (House Bill 3560, 80th
Legislature, Regular Session).

Marking 100 years of Texas independence, the Texas Centennial was officially
celebrated in 1936. On February 12, 1924, the Texas Centennial Board of One Hundred
was established to help plan centennial celebrations and instruct the legislature on
financial planning. A permanent Commission - Texas Commission of Control for Texas
Centennial Celebrations was established by the 44th Texas Legislature in 1935 (House
Bill 11, Regular Session). Beginning in 1935, celebrations occurred across the
state, including in Gonzales, San Antonio, El Paso, Livingston, Galveston, Houston,
Dallas, and Fort Worth. Many buildings and forts were restored, multiple statues of
Texas heroes were erected, and monuments were created that commemorated the special
events of the Centennial.

The Commission of Control worked with the Advisory Board of Texas Historians, the
Work Projects Administration (first known as the Works Progress Administration), and
the Texas Highway Department to coordinate programs and to provide permanence to the
centennial observance by the erection of permanent buildings, monuments, statues,
and grave markers. Permanent buildings that received financial assistance from the
Commission of Control included the Hall of State at Dallas; the Panhandle-Plains
Historical Museum at Canyon; the Texas Memorial Museum at Austin; the Sam Houston
Memorial Museum at Huntsville; the Corpus Christi Centennial Museum; the West Texas
Museum at Lubbock; the Big Bend Historical Museum at Alpine; the Alamo Museum at San
Antonio; the Gonzales Memorial Museum; the David Crockett Memorial building at
Crockett; the Memorial Auditorium and Stadium at Goliad; the Pioneers, Trail Drivers
and Rangers Memorial at San Antonio; and the San Jacinto Monument and Museum of
History near Houston.

The Blueprints and drawings collection offers a historical perspective on the
construction of public works and public expenditure on art and architecture,
particularly in relation to the Texas Centennial. Records comprise blueprints,
plats, linen prints, pen and pencil drawings, Photostats, specifications, contracts,
leases, bonds, notes, and schedules that detail the plans for additions,
renovations, and construction of state buildings and monuments, dating from 1854 to
1984 and undated, with gaps throughout, bulk dating 1936-1938. The blueprints
include the names of architects, architecture firms and state administrators who
approved these plans.

Most of the prints and drawings document construction of public institutions managed
by the Texas State Board of Control and include facilities to house the mentally
ill, physically disabled, juvenile delinquent and other dependent populations. The
materials also reflect construction done for special functions, such as building
monuments for the Texas Centennial Celebration. A few sets of drawings are present
for buildings on state university campuses and for state buildings in the State
Capitol Complex area.

This finding aid was adapted from an item-level inventory created during an initial
review of the collection in the 1980s.

Organization of the Collection

These records are organized into 71 series alphabetically by the name of the
institution, building, or monument. In many cases the building or institutional name
has changed over the years, and the most recent or most commonly known name is
used.

Restrictions on Access

Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives search room.
Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.

Restrictions on Use

Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also
include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains
with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright
Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).

Technical Requirements

Some blueprints may be too large to photocopy. Due to age and deterioration, certain
blueprints may require assistance to view or may be unavailable for research until
preservation measures have been undertaken.

Texas Facilities Commission, Lorenzo de Zavala Texas State Archives and
Library Building construction photographs, 1959-1961, 0.5 cubic ft. [There is no finding aid for these records. Call number is PP1216
(2013/159).]

This is an artificial collection of blueprints and architectural drawings of
Texas public buildings and monuments deposited in the Texas State Archives at
various times by different donors. A portion of the materials were conveyed to
the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the Texas State Board of
Control at some point before its closure in 1979.

DACS-compliant finding aid and XML markup completed by Catherine Bell, Franny
Gaede, and Austin Hixson of the University of Texas at Austin's School of
Information, fall 2012

Detailed Description of the Collection

Abilene State School, 1899-1904, undated,1.66 cubic ft.

Agency History

Located outside the city limits of Abilene, Texas, the Abilene State
Epileptic Colony was established in 1901 by the 27th Texas Legislature
(House Bill 365, Regular Session). The colony consisted of 640 acres of
land, forty of which were used for a campus of brick buildings and the rest
reserved for pasture and cultivation. The first patients were admitted on
March 26, 1904. The original board of managers was replaced by the Texas
State Board of Control when it was created in 1919 by the state legislature.
The institution was renamed the Abilene State Hospital in 1925 when it began
to admit those with both epilepsy and mental illness. The Texas Board for
Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools gained responsibility for the
Abilene State Hospital in 1949. Black patients began to be admitted in 1952.
The institution changed names again in 1957, becoming the Abilene State
School, at which time the institution became a residential center for the
mentally ill. By 1964 the original structures had been replaced and
livestock operations had ceased. In 1965 the Board for Texas State Hospitals
and Special Schools was abolished and replaced by the Texas Department of
Mental Health and Mental Retardation. More additions were made to the
institution, and by 1993 there were seventy-five buildings in operation. The
institution became known as the Abilene State Supported Living Center in
2009 (Senate Bill 643, 81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session).

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records documenting buildings at the Abilene State Epileptic Colony (later
the Abilene State Hospital, Abilene State School, and since 2009 the Abilene
State Supported Living Center) consist of plans, elevations, and sections of
the laundry building, bakery building and barn, as well as details of
tunnels running throughout the grounds. Associated papers contain letters to
the Texas General Land Office and specifications for buildings. Dates
covered are 1899-1904, undated.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Sketch showing sections of tunnel and location of pipe in
tunnel, May 7,
1902

Details of tunnel showing anchor bolts, May 31, 1902

Profile showing sections of tunnel, January 3, 1903

Details of flues in walls of hospital building, January 3, 1903

Plat of buildings and grounds, January 3, 1903

Box

821-4

Administration building, J.L. O'Connor, Architect, October 15,
1901:

Plat of buildings and grounds

Cover sheet for plans, sections and
elevations

Folder

821-4

Basement

First floor

Second floor

Section

Front elevation

Rear elevation

Side elevation

Box

821-5

Hospital building, J.L. O'Connor, Architect, October 15,
1901:

Basement

First floor

Second floor

Roof

Front elevation

Side elevation

Rear elevation

Section

Alamo Cenotaph, 1937,0.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

Located on the Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Texas, the Alamo Cenotaph was
erected in 1939 by the Texas Centennial Commission. The sculptor of the
monument was Pompeo Coppini. Architectural firm Adams and Adams designed the
monument and Frank T. Drought was the consulting engineer. The Cenotaph
represents the spirit of Texas and features images of James Bowie, James
Bonham, William B. Travis and David Crockett, and lists the names of men who
died in the battle of the Alamo.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Seven blueprints of the Alamo Cenotaph consist of section and details, as
well as elevations and footing plans, prepared by Adams and Adams,
Architects, and Pompeo Coppini, sculptor. All prints are dated 1937.

Alamo Chapel, 1936,0.1 cubic ft.

Agency History

Located in San Antonio, Texas, the chapel of the Alamo (also referred to as
the Shrine building within the Alamo complex) was originally San Antonio de
Valero Mission (first referred to as San Antonio de Padua), authorized by
the viceroy of Mexico in 1716 and established in 1718. The mission was named
in honor of Saint Anthony de Padua and the Duke of Valero, the Spanish
viceroy. The present site was selected in 1724, and the cornerstone of the
chapel was laid on May 8, 1744. Founded for the purpose of Christianizing
and educating the Indians, the mission later became a fortress and was the
scene of many conflicts prior to the siege of 1836. The mission was
abandoned in 1793. The name Alamo may derive from the occupation of the
structure in the early nineteenth century by a company of Spanish soldiers
from Álamo de Parras, Coahuila, Mexico, or from a grove of cottonwood
(álamo) trees growing on the banks of the acequia. The Alamo was occupied by
Mexican forces almost continuously from 1803 to December 1835, when the
fortress under Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cos was surrendered to Texan forces.
On February 23, 1836, Mexican forces under the command of Gen. Antonio López
de Santa Anna besieged Col. William B. Travis and his Texas garrison in the
Alamo. The siege of the Alamo lasted thirteen days, ending on March 6 with a
complete loss of all the combatant Texans and heavy damages to the building.
In 1841 the Republic of Texas passed an act returning the church of the
Alamo to the Catholic Church.

After Texas was annexed to the United States, the Alamo became the nation's
property, and in 1848 the U.S. government took over the building and grounds
and used them for quartermaster purposes. Claims of ownership by the city of
San Antonio, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. government were settled when
the United States eventually leased the property from the Catholic Church
and made some improvements. During the Civil War the building was occupied
by Confederate forces, and from the end of the war until 1876 it was again
used by the U.S. government. Under an act of April 23, 1883, Texas purchased
the Alamo property from the church and assigned custody to the city of San
Antonio. The Texas Legislature passed a resolution in 1905 allowing the
governor to purchase the Alamo fortress for preservation efforts (House Bill
1, 29th Legislature, Regular Session), and the property was transferred in
trust to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Several appropriations for
funds to improve the Alamo have been made, including a significant one in
connection with the Texas Centennial. In 2011, the Texas General Land Office
became the custodians of the Alamo and its surrounding grounds.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Seven blueprints of the Alamo Chapel consist of section and details, as well
as elevations and footing plans, prepared by Henry T. Phelps, Architect. All
prints are dated October 19, 1936.

Alamo Gift Museum, 1913, 1932,
1935-1939, undated,0.85 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Alamo Gift Museum was one of nine museums built as part of the Texas
Centennial celebration in 1936. It is located on the grounds of the Alamo
Plaza in San Antonio, Texas. The Texas Legislature passed a resolution in
1905 allowing the governor to purchase the Alamo fortress for preservation
efforts (House Bill 1, 29th Legislature, Regular Session), and the property
was transferred in trust to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. In 2011,
the Texas General Land Office became the custodians of the Alamo and its
surrounding grounds. The Alamo Gift Museum houses exhibits about Texas
history and the Texas Revolution and is one of two museums on the
grounds.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints of the Alamo Gift Museum include one set of restoration plans by
Henry Phelps, which include the floor plans and elevations of the museum.
Remaining blueprints include floor plans, framing plans, and details. Beam,
footing, column, and slab schedules are included with these blueprints.
Several detailed blueprints are for the show cases and furniture in the
museum. Irrigation plans for the grounds, as well as the plot plan for the
Alamo and Alamo Plaza are included. Associated papers consist of a newspaper
clipping and a translation of Morfi's History of
Texas. Dates are 1913, 1932, 1935-1939, and undated.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Details of furniture to be installed in the museum, Henry T.
Phelps, Architect, October
7, 1937

Fire station, Henry T. Phelps, Architect, October 10, 1938:

Floor plan

Roof plan

South and west elevations

North and east elevations

Interior door frames and trim

Exterior door frames

Folder

821-9

Development of grounds about the Alamo, Ernest B. Hays and
Joe M. Gomez, Architects, H.E. Kincaid, Landscape Architect,
January
1935

Folder

821-8

Alamo Plaza, City Engineer's Office, San Antonio, November 25,
1913

Armory for the State of Texas, Camp Mabry, 1915,0.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

Established in the 1890s, Camp Mabry was initially created for the training
of the Texas National Guard. Located in northwest Austin, Texas, the camp is
named after Woodford Haywood Mabry, the adjutant general of Texas from
January 1891 to May 1898. The camp increased in size in 1909 with the
addition of 200 acres, and again in 1911 when 400 more acres were added.
Camp Mabry has been used for preparation during the Spanish-American War,
World War I, and World War II. The state armory building was constructed in
1915 to house all the military stores that were relocated from the state
Capitol. Until 1953, the camp served as a training ground for the Texas
Rangers and the Texas Department of Public Safety. In 1954 the state
adjutant general's office moved to Camp Mabry and the Texas National Guard
State Officer Candidate School was established there in 1959. The Texas
National Guard Academy opened at the camp in 1984. Along with warehouses and
storage facilities, Camp Mabry is also the headquarters for the Texas Air
National Guard, the Texas State Guard, the United States Property and Fiscal
Office, the Texas National Guard Armory Board, and the Armory of the 49th
Armored Division. With the celebration of Camp Mabry's 100th anniversary in
1992, the Texas Military Forces Museum was opened on its grounds.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Created by C.H. Page and Brother, Architects, blueprints for the Armory for
the State of Texas at Camp Mabry consist of concrete support plans, floor
plans, elevations, and details. Associated papers are specifications. These
materials are dated 1915.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Armory for the State of Texas, Camp Mabry, Blueprints
and drawings collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission.

The Austin State Hospital was established in 1856 by the 6th Texas
Legislature as the State Lunatic Asylum, and located in Austin, Texas, to
treat and care for the mentally ill. It is the oldest such hospital in
Texas. A board of five members appointed by the governor was initially in
charge of the hospital. The Texas State Board of Control took over
operations in January 1920 (House Bill 119, 36th Legislature, 3rd Called
Session) and changed the name to Austin State Hospital in 1925. The hospital
was designated an independent school district in 1940 and school-age
patients were educated at the facility. Management was turned over to the
Texas Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools in 1949 and to the
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation in 1993. As of
2012, the Texas Department of State Health Services operates the Austin
State Hospital.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records documenting buildings at the State Lunatic Asylum (later the Austin
State Hospital) include blueprints of dormitories for black (colored or
Negro was the term in use during this period) male and female patients, as
well as additions made to already existing buildings and blueprints of the
tuberculosis cottages built in 1909 and 1914. Associated papers contain
specifications for each of the buildings represented in the blueprints.
Dates covered are 1901, 1907, 1909-1910, 1913-1917, and undated.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Addition to rear of south and north ward buildings,
detail wall section

Details of gallery construction

Basement plan, north ward building

First floor, north ward building

Second floor, north ward building

Typical elevation of ward building, revised
plans

Austin State School, 1916-1917, 1929, 1931, 0.94 cubic ft.

Agency History

Located in Austin, Texas, the Austin State School, renamed the Austin State
Supported Living Center in 2009 (Senate Bill 643, 81st Texas Legislature,
Regular Session), is a residential and training facility for adults with
developmental disabilities under the control of the Texas Department of
Aging and Disability Services. Initially established as the State Colony for
the Feeble-Minded by the 34th Legislature in 1915 (House Bill 73, Regular
Session), it was the state's first institution for the mentally handicapped.
It was renamed the Austin State School in 1925. The facilities expanded by
1927 to provide academic and vocational training on-site for residents,
which eventually included a broom and mattress factory. Improvements were
made in the 1950s and 1960s and seventy-five more acres were annexed for the
facility in 1960. With new federal requirements in the 1970s, better housing
and skills training was provided for the school. Under the school's system,
developmental training centers were set up around Texas by 1977. The Lelsz v. Kavanaugh settlement in 1983 allowed for
improved treatment for state school residents, and the Austin State School
set out to help residents achieve as normal a life as possible. The Austin
State School was able to obtain more commercial work contracts as a result
of the settlement, and residents were able to gain wages for jobs. By 1993
the vocational services were moved from the school's campus to a commercial
site. The Austin State Supported Living Center continues to operate and has
admitted individuals from other state schools that have closed.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Buildings of the Austin State School (later known as the Austin State
Supported Living Center) represented in these blueprints include the
kitchen, laundry building, power house, and a few dormitories, dating
1916-1917, 1929, 1931. Dormitory blueprints include structural plans, floor
plans, elevations, and tunnel details. The power house and laundry buildings
each have blueprints for floor plans and elevations. Blueprints also include
the plan of the sewage treatment plant and details of the front entrance of
the main building. Kitchen plans are for additions made in 1929. Associated
papers consist of contracts and specifications for many of the buildings
with prints, as well as an accident and liability bond and specifications
and agreements for the sewage treatment plant.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Big Bend Memorial Museum, about 1936, 0.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Big Bend Memorial Museum, located on the Sul Ross State University campus
in Alpine, Texas, began functioning in 1920, though it was not officially
founded until December 7, 1925. The museum's mission is to "collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret the
cultural, historic and natural materials of the Big Bend of Texas and
northern Mexico, with an awareness of the region's rich cultural
diversity." The $75,000 in funds for a facility on campus was
approved by the Texas Centennial Commission in 1936, in conjunction with the
U.S. Works Progress Administration. The museum was designed and construction
was overseen by Victor J. Smith, a professor of industrial arts at the
university. Pat Morris Neff, former Texas governor, dedicated the Big Bend
Memorial Museum on May 1, 1937, where the collections would stay until 1966.
At this time, the museum closed and transferred the collections to Sul Ross
State University, which moved them to a former bowling alley. The original
museum building reopened August 15, 2007, after a $3.3 million renovation
which began in 2003. Renovations were performed by Jim Rhotenberry, AIA, of
Rhotenberry-Wellen Architects of Midland and facilities were fabricated by
Museumscapes of Dallas. Renamed the Museum of the Big Bend, it has 5,000
square feet for permanent exhibits, along with space for temporary exhibits,
a gift shop, and a reference library.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records documenting the construction of the Big Bend Memorial Museum (later
known as the Museum of the Big Bend) consist of plans prepared by architect
V.J. Smith detailing the basement, plot, roof, mechanical, and floor plans,
as well as providing elevation and section details, and a truss diagram.
Materials are undated but date from the building's design in about 1936.

Caddo Lake State Park, 1938,
0.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

Caddo Lake State Park is a 478-acre park located in Harrison County, Texas,
adjacent to Caddo Lake. Land was donated by various individuals between 1933
and 1937, the bulk coming from a gift of 385 acres by Thomas Jefferson
Taylor II. The parks facilities include picnic areas, camping, boating, and
fishing facilities, and trails for hiking. The visitor center has a nature
museum with fish and wildlife specimens and Indian artifact displays.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Three blueprints detail the alterations and additions to cabins, latrines,
and the administration building at the Caddo Lake State Park and date
February 1938.

Centennial memorials, 1937,
0.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

Officially celebrated in 1936, the Texas Centennial marked 100 years of Texas
independence. On February 12, 1934, the Texas Centennial Board of One
Hundred was established to help plan centennial celebrations and instruct
the legislature on financial planning (House Bill 11, 44th Texas
Legislature, Regular Session). A permanent Texas Centennial Commission was
appointed in June 1934. Celebrations occurred across the state beginning in
1935, including at Gonzales, San Antonio, El Paso, Livingston, Galveston,
Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth. The state legislature and the U.S. Congress
each appropriated $3,000,000 for the project. Some permanent structures were
created for the celebration of the Centennial including buildings,
monuments, statues, and grave markers. Statues were created for over 20
historical Texans.

Memorial to James Butler Bonham on the southwest corner of the
Courthouse grounds, Bonham, Fannin County,
1937

Memorial to Henry Smith at the east limits of school grounds,
facing highway at Brazoria, Brazoria County,
1937

Memorial to Ben Milam on southwest corner of courthouse grounds
at Cameron, Milam County, 1937

Memorial to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Van Zandt on northwest corner of
courthouse grounds at Canton, Van Zandt County,
1937

Memorial to David Burnett on northeast corner of high school
grounds at Clarksville, Red River County,
1937

Memorial to J. Antonio Navarro at south entrance of courthouse
grounds at Corsicana, Navarro County,
1937

Memorial to Sidney Sherman on west side of 7th Street facing east
in center of parkway of Avenue J in Galveston, Galveston County,
1937

Memorial to Thomas Jefferson Rusk in the circle of the city
square at Henderson, Rusk County, 1937

Memorial to Mirabeau B. Lamar on the north side of courthouse
grounds, at main entrance to courthouse at Richmond, Fort Bend County,
1937

Memorial to Moses Austin opposite the Governor's Palace on the
northwest corner of city hall grounds, San Antonio, Bexar County,
1937

Memorial to Ben Milam at west end of Ben Milam Park, San Antonio,
Bexar County, 1937

Memorial to James Pinckney Henderson on northwest corner of
courthouse grounds at San Augustine, San Augustine County,
1937

Memorial to Stephen Fuller Austin, San Felipe State Park at San
Felipe, Austin County, 1937

Memorial to Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor on the campus of Baylor
University opposite and facing the main entrance of Waco Hall at Waco,
McLennan County, 1937

Memorial to George C. Childress in Washington State Park at
Washington-on-the-Brazos, Washington County,
1937

Confederate Woman's Home, 1912, 0.32 cubic ft.

Agency History

Opened in 1908, the Confederate Woman's Home in Austin, Texas cared for the
widows and wives of honorably discharged Confederate soldiers and those who
aided the Confederacy. Many were married to men at the Texas Confederate
Home. The United Daughters of the Confederacy initially opened and operated
the facility, raising money for the property and funding construction. The
property was deeded to the state after a constitutional amendment was passed
by Texas voters (Senate Bill 275, 32nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session).
Additions were made and in 1920 the facility was placed under the Texas
State Board of Control (Senate Bill 147, 36th Legislature, Regular Session).
In 1949, the Texas Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools took
control of the facility (House Bill 1, 51st Legislature, Regular Session)
until it was closed in 1963. The property was sold by the state in 1986.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Seven blueprints consist of elevations, floor plans and heating, wiring, and
plumbing plans for the Confederate Woman's Home designed by C.H. Page and
Bro., Architects. Associated papers include a contract and specifications
for the building and repairs made to the facilities. These materials are
dated September 25, 1912.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group.

Corpus Christi Centennial Museum, 19380.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Corpus Christi Centennial Museum was one of nine museums established as
part of the 1936 Texas Centennial and is situated in South Bluff Park in
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. The one-room (60 feet by 40 feet)
structure was completed in 1938 and would eventually house the Centennial
Art Museum, established by the Corpus Christi
Caller-Times Publishing Company, the Corpus Christi Art Guild,
and the South Texas Art League, from 1944 to 1972. The museum was renamed
the South Texas Museum of Art in the late 1960s to early 1970s in the midst
of a fund-raising campaign that enabled it to build and relocate to a 30,000
square-foot facility on Corpus Christi Bay. The Corpus Christi Centennial
Museum building is owned by the city of Corpus Christi, which allows it to
be used for community purposes.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Two blueprints for the Corpus Christi Centennial Museum prepared by Brock,
Roberts and Anderson, Architects show front, side and rear elevations;
sections; floor, roof, foundation and plot plans; a typical wall section;
and door and window schedules, all dating July 23, 1938.

Corsicana State Home, 1911,
1915, undated, 0.87 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Corsicana State Home, located in Corsicana, Texas, was established in
1887 as the State Orphan Asylum by an act of the 20th Texas Legislature to
be a facility for orphan or dependent children. Its doors opened on July 15,
1889, and it was renamed the State Orphan Home in 1899. By 1948 there were
twenty-one structures on the 417 acres, including cottages and barns. The
institution taught academic subjects as well as vocational courses in many
of its own farms, stores, kitchen and hospital. From 1919 to 1949 the home
was administered by the Texas State Board of Control, after which it was
transferred to the Texas State Board of Hospitals and Special Schools. The
school within the institution closed in the mid-1950s, after which all
children attended Corsicana public schools. The State Orphan Home was
renamed as the Corsicana State Home in 1957 when it was put under the
administration of the Texas Youth Council (later Commission), and it became
racially integrated in the 1960s. Since 1982, the official name of the
facility has been the Corsicana Residential Treatment Center. The Texas
Juvenile Justice Division took over administration in 2011 after the
abolishment of the Texas Youth Commission.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints for the State Orphan Home (later the Corsicana State Home, then
the Corsicana Residential Treatment Center) consist of a plot plan, floor
plans, details, sections, and schedules for the dining hall, dormitories,
hospital, and pavilion designed by C.H. Page and Bro., Architects, and for
dormitories, hospital, and laundry house designed by H.P. Lochhead,
Architect. Associated papers include the general and mechanical
specifications for the dormitory, pavilion, hospital, and dining hall,
prepared by C.H. Page and Bro., Architects. Dates are 1911, 1915 and
undated.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

David Crockett Memorial Building, 1936,0.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

The David Crockett Memorial Building no longer exists. It was erected in
Crockett, Texas and received funding from the Commission of Control during
the Texas Centennial. The building was a public space for the citizens of
Crockett, and also contained a public library and museum. A marker for the
site of the memorial building remains in the David Crockett Memorial
Park.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Seven blueprints for the David Crockett Memorial Building, created by Moore
and Lloyd, Architects, consist of the foundation plan, plot plan, floor
plans, elevations and details for the building. Materials are dated
November-December 1936.

South, north, east walls of auditorium, second floor,
sections, and details, November 30, 1936

South and west elevations and section, December 9, 1936

North and east elevations, December 9, 1936

Details, December 5,
1936

El Paso Centennial Museum, 1936,0.35 cubic ft.

Agency History

One of nine museums established as part of the Texas Centennial in 1936, the
El Paso Memorial Museum (later renamed the El Paso Centennial Museum) is
located on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. The museum
exhibits artifacts pertaining to the human and natural history of El Paso,
the Chihuahuan Desert region, and the American Southwest. The museum also
has collections from the Centennial available for scholarly research.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints for the El Paso Memorial Museum (later the El Paso Centennial
Museum) consist of floor plans, elevations, framing plans, and sections of
the museum, dating March and April 1936, by architect Percy McGhee.

Erath Arches, 1936,
0.17 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Erath Arches were constructed in Stephenville, Texas during the Texas
Centennial in 1936 to commemorate George Bernard Erath (1813-1891), a
soldier and Texas Ranger who served in the Texas Revolution, fighting at the
battle of San Jacinto. He was also a surveyor and state legislator. The
memorial was designed by local architect C.V. Head and constructed by rock
mason Arthur Maxwell of Dublin, Texas. Located at Erath and Washington
streets, the arches were resituated at an angle in the 1960s to allow more
room for traffic. A Texas State Historical marker was dedicated at the site
in 2010.

Scope and Contents of the Records

One blueprint of the Erath Arches in Stephenville, Texas prepared by C.V.
Head, Architect shows details, elevations, and sections of the monument and
dates from the monument's design in 1936. The cartouche area of the print is
missing, but the architect and date have been verified from the original
Centennial marker and the Texas State Historical marker at the monument
site.

Fannin Battleground State Historic Site, about 1937, 0.11 cubic ft.

Agency History

Formerly called Fannin State Park, the Fannin Battleground State Historic
Site is located in eastern Goliad County near Fannin, Texas. The land for
the park was donated by Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Hanley of Fannin in 1913, through
a bill in the state legislature supported by Goliad County officials, the
Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and State Representative Leopold Morris
of Victoria. The site marks the grounds of the battle of Coleto which was
fought during the Texas Revolution in 1836 and led by James W. Fannin Jr.
The thirteen-acre park was placed under the control of the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department in 1965 (House Bill 102, 59th Texas Legislature, Regular
Session), and then transferred to the control of the Texas Historical
Commission in 2010.

Scope and Contents of the Records

A single blueprint of the pavilion and improvements made at the Fannin
Battleground State Historic Site shows details and elevations of the
pavilion, by S.C.P. Vosper and Raiford L. Stripling, Architects. The
blueprint is undated but dates from the building's design in about 1937. A
plot plan of the grounds and the Fannin Memorial Monument is in the State
Archives' Map collection, map #8009.

Fannin Memorial Monument, 1937, undated, 0.47 cubic ft.

Agency History

Located in the Goliad State Historical Park, the Fannin Memorial Monument was
erected as part of the Texas Centennial Celebrations. The Goliad State
Historical Park is located on the north side of the San Antonio River, south
of Goliad, Texas. The park contains the La Bahía Mission, a museum,
campground and picnic areas, hiking trails, and the Fannin Memorial
Monument. The park was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps to
preserve historic sites and commemorate the historical events that took
place in the area. The property was acquired by the City of Goliad and
Goliad County in 1930, and the 42nd Texas Legislature approved this transfer
of property from the Texas Highway Commission on March 24, 1931 (Senate Bill
156, Regular Session).

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and plans for the Fannin Memorial Monument include granite and
marble base bids for the Fannin's Men Memorial detailing each side of the
base, and elevations and details for the memorial, dating December 30, 1937,
and undated. The sculptor for the base is Raoul Josset and the architect is
David Nelson. S.C.P. Vosper and Raiford L. Stripling were architects for the
Fannin Battleground State Historic Site where the memorial is located. A
plot plan of the grounds and the Fannin Memorial Monument is in the State
Archives' Map collection, map #8009.

The Century Building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri was a ten-story building
designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Raeder, Coffin, and Crocker in
the Classical Revival style and completed in 1896. Though listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2002, it was razed in 2005 to make
room for a parking garage deemed necessary to support the redevelopment of
the 1880s Old Post Office across the street, part of a renewal project that
received financial assistance from the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. The demolition of the Century Building was challenged in court
by local preservationists and received national press.

C.B. Roulet was educated at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New
Jersey and was employed with the Texas Rating and Inspection Bureau, a
privately-run predecessor to the Fire Insurance Rating Board (created in
1909 by Senate Bill 25, 31st Texas Legislature, 3rd Called Session), which
the founders of the bureau helped draft legislation to create, as they also
did for the State Insurance Board. Roulet was later employed by the National
Board of Fire Writers and then by the National Fire Insurance Company of
Hartford (Chicago, Illinois) in 1913.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Six blueprints created by the St. Louis Expanded Metal Fireproofing Company
for the St. Louis Century Building show the details of columns for the
Century Building, as well as the fireproof floor and ceiling plans and
specifications. One print is dated June 9, 1896, the others are undated. It
is not known how these prints for a building outside of Texas came to be
included in this collection.

Five blueprints created by the fire insurance actuary, C.B. Roulet, are for
Texas state-supported institutions. Two are for the University of Texas,
showing the proposed underground layout for vertical pipes for the Medical
Department and the system of fire protection for the university. The three
remaining blueprints are sketches for the proposed underground layout for
fire protection for the State School for the Blind, the State School for the
Deaf, and the North Texas Insane Asylum (later known as Terrell State
Hospital). These blueprints are dated 1912 and 1913. See the series Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired,
Texas School for the Deaf, and Terrell State Hospital for further records of
those institutions' buildings.

The battle of Gonzales is commemorated by a monument situated seven miles
southwest of Gonzales, Texas, near the site of the battle. The monument
features The First Shot Fired For Texas
Independence, a life-sized bronze bas-relief set in granite that
was sculpted by Waldine Tauch in 1935. This is one of three Centennial
memorials completed by Tauch, the protégé and eventual artistic partner of
sculptor Pompeo Coppini.

Scope and Contents of the Records

One drawing prepared by landscape architect Jac L. Gubbels shows the site of
The First Shot Fired For Texas Independence
monument near Cost, Texas in Gonzales County, which commemorates the battle
of Gonzales. The drawing is undated but dates from the monument's design in
about 1936.

Fort Belknap, 1936,
fractional

Agency History

Founded on June 24, 1851, Fort Belknap is a United States Army post located
three miles south of Newcastle in Young County, Texas. Part of a chain of
forts founded along the Red River and the Rio Grande to protect the Texas
frontier, Fort Belknap did not have any defensive works. The fort was
abandoned before the Civil War, and reoccupied after the war for only a few
months, being abandoned the last time in September 1867. Local citizens
helped restore and rebuild some of the buildings during the Texas Centennial
in 1936. More restoration was completed in the 1970s under the Fort Belknap
Archives' supervision. The fort is supported by the Young County
Commissioners Court and the Fort Belknap Society.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Five blueprints of the restoration of Fort Belknap by the architects Voelcker
and Dixon, dating August 15, 1936, show the plot plan, the barracks, and the
plans for the kitchen and well house. There are two blueprints for the
commissary, showing the floor plans and elevations of the building.

Fort Concho Museum, 1936,
fractional

Agency History

Established in San Angelo, Texas, Fort Concho was a military post at the Main
and North Concho rivers that helped maintain law and order as settlers moved
into West Texas in 1867. Replacing Fort Chadbourne, Fort Concho was first
commanded by Captain George Gibson Huntt who named the post Camp Hatch. The
name was then changed to Camp Kelly before it became Fort Concho in March
1868. The soldiers of the fort helped build roads and telegraph lines,
escort stagecoaches and cattle drives, mapped portions of West Texas, and
acted as a general police force. As the town of San Angelo grew, Fort Concho
was no longer valuable as a military post and was abandoned in 1889.

A fund-raising campaign in 1929 helped to save the Fort Concho administration
building from demolition. In 1930 the building became the new site of the
West Texas Museum (to be distinguished from the West Texas Museum
established in Lubbock in 1929), established two years before by Ginevra
Wood Carson in a room within the county courthouse, and it was renamed the
Fort Concho Museum. In 1935, the city of San Angelo took over control of the
museum and began restoring and rebuilding fort properties. The fort became a
National Historic Landmark in 1961 and was also designated a Texas Historic
Landmark. The Fort Concho Museum holds over 35,000 artifacts in its
collection, acts as an archive and research library, and maintains an
education department.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Four blueprints detail the floor plans and elevations for the Fort Concho
Museum remodeling efforts, dated July 22, 1936. Plans were drafted by
architect John G. Becker.

Fort Graham, about
1936,0.15 cubic ft.

Agency History

Established in March 1849, Fort Graham was a United States Army post near the
eastern bank of the Brazos River and Little Bear Creek in what later became
Hill County, Texas. The post was named either for James D. Graham of the
Corps of Topographical Engineers, or Lt. Col. William M. Graham who was
killed in 1847 during a battle in the Mexican War. Fort Graham acted as a
defense between the Towash Indian village and Fort Washita along the
northern Texas frontier. Soldiers of the fort acted as escorts for travelers
and supply trains and also protected citizens. The post closed in 1853 after
the spread of the northern frontier beyond the fort, causing it to no longer
be a necessary defense. The fort offered protection from Indian raids, which
allowed the expansion of settlement into the Hill Country.

As part of the Texas Centennial, in 1936 the Texas Centennial Commission
arranged for the purchase of the site by the state. Barracks were
reconstructed, and a marker was erected at the site of the fort. The site
was flooded in the 1970s by the development of Lake Whitney, but the fort
was later rebuilt at the site of Old Fort Park.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Two blueprints represent the floor plans and the elevations for the Army
Building at Fort Graham. Associated papers include the specifications for
the building and the contractor's proposal. Architect for this project was
J.O. Galbraith. These materials have an incomplete date of June 193_ but
likely date from about 1936.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group.

Fort Inglish, about 1936,
fractional

Agency History

Fort Inglish was a two-story blockhouse built in the summer of 1837 by Bailey
Inglish, the founder of the city that would become Bonham, Texas. It served
as a private refuge for the settlers of Fannin County near the Red River
frontier and as a strategic meeting-point for the Army of the Republic of
Texas in 1838 and 1840. Fort Inglish fell into disrepair in the 1840s and
was dismantled. The Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center was constructed on
the site in 1948. Fort Inglish was rebuilt in 1936 as part of the Texas
Centennial and again in 1976 as a Fannin County Bicentennial Project, with
Faye Jones drawing up both sets of specifications and blueprints and Lawton
Wilson contracted to build both replicas. Fort Inglish Park operates as a
living history museum and is managed through the Sam Rayburn House Museum, a
property of the Texas Historical Commission.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Unsigned blueprints for Fort Inglish show the elevations, plot plans,
supports, first and second floor plans, sections, and details. Materials are
undated but date from the building's design in about 1936.

Fort Parker, 1935-1936,
undated, 0.35 cubic ft.

Agency History

Fort Parker was a private fort built in March 1834 by brothers Silas M. and
James W. Parker close to the Navasota River in Limestone County near
present-day Groesbeck, Texas. The fort was attacked on May 19, 1836 by a
large party of Comanche Indians where five inhabitants were killed and five
were kidnapped, including Cynthia Ann Parker. It was henceforth abandoned
and decayed over time. A replica was constructed in the original location
with the assistance of the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936 as part of
the Texas Centennial. It came to be known as Old Fort Parker and was
operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as part of the Fort
Parker State Recreation Area (later becoming Fort Parker State Park). In
1992, the City of Groesbeck assumed operations and formed the Fort Parker
Historical Society to manage the site, which operates as a living history
museum and hosts local events throughout the year.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and maps of Fort Parker prepared by J.E. Denning and the Texas
State Park Board show elevations, plots, and plans for settlers' cabins, a
Cynthia Ann Parker cabin museum, and a caretaker's residence. Dates covered
are 1935-1936 and undated.

Fort Richardson, about 1936,
0.11 cubic ft.

Agency History

Fort Richardson was a United States Army installation established in February
1868 outside of Jacksboro, Texas. Fort Richardson was named in honor of
General Israel B. Richardson, who died in the Battle of Antietam during the
Civil War. The fort was the northernmost of a line of federal forts
established after the Civil War. Expeditions sent from Fort Richardson
arrested those responsible for the Warren Wagon Train Massacre in 1871 and
fought Comanche Indians in Palo Duro Canyon. The fort was abandoned in May
1878. In 1936, the surviving fort buildings and surrounding land were
purchased and renovated by the Texas Centennial Commission before being
handed over to the City of Jacksboro and the Jack County Historical Society.
The National Park Service declared Fort Richardson a National Historic
Landmark in 1963, and in 1968 the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department took
over operations and began further renovations. Fort Richardson State
Historic Park opened in 1973 and as of 2012 is known as the Fort Richardson
State Park, Historic Site and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints of Fort Richardson prepared by Terrill Isbell, Architect show
elevations, plans, and details of the restoration of the hospital, bakery,
officers' quarters, and morgue. The blueprints are undated but date from the
buildings' restoration in about 1936.

French Legation Museum, 1953,
0.11 cubic ft.

Agency History

The structure known as the French Legation was ordered built by Alphonse
Dubois de Saligny, who headed the French legation to the Republic of Texas
as chargé d'affaires in 1840-1841, to be his residence in Austin, the
capital of the Republic. The house is a blend of Greek Revival and
Mississippi Valley French architectural styles, made of loblolly pine from
Bastrop and built in the raised fashion of a bayou house. Dubois occupied
the house only briefly and left Austin for Louisiana in 1841 amid political
friction with the administration of Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B.
Lamar. Dr. Joseph W. Robinson's family owned the house for a hundred years
before it was sold to the State of Texas on August 11, 1948 and placed in
the custody of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Restoration began in
1953 and the French Legation opened to the public on April 5, 1956. In 1969,
the building and its surroundings were added to the National Register of
Historic Places. The area on which the structure was built is known as
Robinson Hill.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints prepared by architect August W. Harris show plans, details,
elevations, sections, and specifications for the repair and renovation of
the French Legation and date March 28, 1953.

The Gatesville State School for Boys was established in 1887 (House Bill 21,
20th Texas Legislature, Regular Session) and opened in January 1889 as the
House of Correction and Reformatory three miles northeast of Gatesville in
Coryelle County. In 1909, the legislature changed the name to the State
Institution for the Training of Juveniles and appointed a board of five
trustees to manage the institution (Senate Bill 202, 31st Legislature,
Regular Session). The Texas State Board of Control took over operations in
1919 (Senate Bill 147, 36th Legislature, Regular Session) and changed the
name to Gatesville State School for Boys in 1939. Management was turned over
to the Texas State Youth Development Council in 1949 (House Bill 705, 51st
Legislature, Regular Session) and the Texas Youth Council (later, the Texas
Youth Commission) in 1957. A class-action lawsuit filed in 1971 on behalf of
juvenile offenders resulted in the closure of the Gatesville school in
1979.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records consist of plans for the early 20th century expansion and remodel of
the State Institution for the Training of Juveniles (later the Gatesville
State School for Boys), 1907, 1911-1912, undated. H.C. Barlow prepared
blueprints dated September 14, 1907 that show plans for each floor,
sections, details, and elevations. C.H. Page and Brothers prepared
blueprints for the dormitory dated December 5, 1911 that show plans for each
floor, supports, elevations, details, and plans for the heating, plumbing,
and wiring of the building. They also prepared blueprints for an industrial
building that were filed April 17, 1912 and show the plans for each floor,
elevations and a side detail. Associated papers dated 1911-1912, and undated
include specifications for a dormitory; heating, plumbing, and wiring; an
industrial building; and a reformatory. Also included are bonds and a
uniform contract.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Gatesville State School for Boys, Blueprints and
drawings collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.

General Land Office Building, 1854, 1956-1957, 0.5 cubic ft.

Agency History

The General Land Office was established on December 22, 1836 by an act of the
first Congress of the Republic of Texas in Houston. The office moved to
Austin in 1839 and the original General Land Office Building was designed in
1854 by Christoph Conrad Stremme, one of its draftsmen who was also one of
the first professionally trained architects in Texas. Construction of the
two-and-one-half story Romanesque Revival structure of stuccoed stone and
brick was completed in the spring of 1858 and used a design known as
Rundbogenstil, or "Rounded Arch." The
General Land Office moved to a new building in 1917 and the legislature
appropriated funds for the renovation of the Old General Land Office
Building and placed it in the joint custody of the Daughters of the Republic
of Texas and the Texas Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy (House
Bill 831, 35th Texas Legislature, Regular Session), who each operated
separate museums there. In 1970, the building was added to the National
Register of Historic Places. The Old General Land Office Building was
returned to state control in 1989, restored to its original style, and
repurposed as the Capitol Visitors Center in 1992. It is managed by the
Texas State Preservation Board.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Drawings by architect Christoph Conrad Stremme for the General Land Office
Building include elevations, details, and sections. The only drawing
inscribed with a date is the front view, dated December 1854, but the other
drawings are considered to have been created at about the same time,
including two undated drawings of the fireproof ceiling and cast iron
columns that had been among records of the General Land Office held at the
State Archives. Drawings by architect August Watkins Harris Sr. for
restoration of the General Land Office building include first and second
floor plans, various elevations, and a longitudinal section and date
1956-1957.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged as received.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), General Land Office Building, Blueprints and drawings
collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission.

[Signatures of Land Commissioner Stephen Crosby
and Q. Nichols, Architect are dated July 28, 1856.]

End elevation [also 1 black-and-white photocopy]

[Signatures of Land Commissioner Stephen Crosby
and Q. Nichols, Architect are dated July 28, 1856.]

Plan of the sidedoor [also 1 digital color copy]

Vertical and horizontal sections

August Watkins Harris Sr., Architect,
1956-1957:

First floor plan, October 26,
1956

Second floor plan, October 26,
1956

Longitudinal section, October 26,
1956

South front elevation and half east elevation,
October 31, 1956

First and second floor plans, April 4,
1957

Front and side elevation, April 4,
1957

Second General Land Office Building, 1916-1917, 0.25 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Second General Land Office Building officially opened in 1918 to house
the Texas General Land Office after it relocated from the first General Land
Office Building (which later become the Capitol Visitors Center in 1992)
directly opposite across 11th Street in downtown Austin, Texas. The
four-story structure was designed by architect Atlee B. Ayres and features
18-foot ceilings and terrazzo and marble flooring. The building was later
named for Land Commissioner James Earl Rudder. After the General Land Office
moved once more to the Stephen F. Austin Building, the Rudder Building
became home to the Texas Department of Agriculture, the Texas State Highway
Department, and then to the Texas Secretary of State. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1998.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Plans, elevations, details, and sections for the Second General Land Office
Building (later the James Earl Rudder Building) prepared by Atlee B. Ayres,
Architect date 1916-1917.

Goliad Memorial Auditorium, 1936, undated, 1.21 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Goliad Memorial Auditorium was constructed by the Civilian Conservation
Corps adjacent to the Goliad State Historical Park in Goliad, Texas, as part
of the Texas Centennial in 1936. The construction was financed jointly with
state and federal government allocations and the assistance of the U.S.
Works Progress Administration. The Texas State Board of Control Executive
Director supervised the construction, plumbing, and electrical contractors
as part of their maintenance and supervision of the historical state parks.
The auditorium bears three memorial plaques in honor of the filibusters who
battled at La Bahía during the Mexican War of Independence, the Goliad
Massacre, and the teachers of La Bahía, the Aranama College and the Payne
Female Institute.

Gonzales Memorial Museum and Amphitheatre, 1936-1937, 0.47 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Gonzales Memorial Museum is a historical museum owned by the City of
Gonzales, Texas, constructed as part of the Texas Centennial celebrations. A
groundbreaking ceremony was held on January 4, 1937 and Governor James V.
Allred spoke at the dedication ceremony on October 30, 1937. In 1952, the
Gonzales Memorial Museum Board was created to manage the operations of the
museum, led by the Thomas Shelton Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. In September 1983, the museum was designated a State
Archaeological Landmark, and in January 2004 it was added to the National
Register of Historic Places.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records documenting construction of the Gonzales Memorial Museum and
Amphitheatre consist of two sets of prints prepared by Phelps and Dewees
showing plans for the plot, first floor, and foundations, along with
sections, elevations, and details, dating September 24 and November 3, 1936,
and July 2, 1937.

Sam Houston Memorial Museum, 1936, 0.35 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Sam Houston Memorial Museum is a history museum located in Huntsville,
Texas on the campus of Sam Houston State University. The museum is one of
several buildings on the eighteen acres that were once part of General Sam
Houston's homestead. The original museum consisted of Houston's Woodland
home and his law office, both of which were restored in 1927 with a $15,000
appropriation from the Texas Legislature and dedicated on May 3, 1929
(Senate Bill 149, 40th Legislature, Regular Session). A new museum was
constructed in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial through a $35,000 grant
to build the modern facility and its rotunda. The museum is owned by Sam
Houston State University and is under the leadership of a director appointed
by the university. In May 1974, the Woodland home was declared a National
Historic Landmark and the complex was added to the National Register of
Historic Places.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints of Sam Houston Memorial Museum prepared by Harry D. Payne show
plans for the basement, main floor, ceiling, roof, and foundation, as well
as sections, elevations, and details, dating June 23, 1936. A plot plan
dated June 1, 1936 is also included.

Sam Houston Monument, 1907,
1909, 0.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Sam Houston Monument was designed by sculptor Pompeo Coppini in 1907 and
construction was completed in 1910. It is located in Huntsville, Texas at
the gravesite of Sam Houston in Oakwood Cemetery. The symbolic iconography
shows Lady Victory and Lady History flanking Houston on horseback riding
into battle. Inverted torches within laurel wreaths beneath Houston indicate
a life extinguished surrounded by peace. An inscription on the monument
reads, The world will take care of Houston's fame, attributed
to U.S. President Andrew Jackson. The monument is surrounded by a decorative
fence constructed by Alamo Iron Works.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records of the Sam Houston Monument are a contract to build the monument, a
side elevation view, and a watercolor prepared by Pompeo Coppini, dating
1907 and revised August 19, 1909.

Sam Houston Steamboat House, 1935, 0.25 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Sam Houston Steamboat House was built in 1858 by Austin College professor
Rufus W. Bailey in Huntsville, Texas. Sam Houston and his family rented the
Steamboat House in late 1862 after he was deposed as governor, and he died
there on July 26, 1863. The house was sold by Rufus Bailey's son Frank in
1863 to A.C. McKeen, who then sold it to Pleasant W. Kittrell in 1866. He
died shortly thereafter and his widow traded the property to Major Thomas J.
Goree in 1874. Major Goree remodeled the front of the house and hosted a
famous dinner there on October 16, 1879, where it was decided to renew the
movement to build the University of Texas at Austin. Goree sold the house in
1891, which changed hands four more times before J.E. Josey, publisher of
the Houston Post, gave the disintegrating house
to the state on March 2, 1936. That year, the Steamboat House was
dismantled, moved to the Sam Houston Memorial Museum grounds, and restored
as part of the Texas Centennial celebrations. The restorations were
completed by Texas Independence Day in 1937 and supervised by architectural
firm Wilkinson and Nutter. In 1988, the house was repaired again under the
supervision of architectural firm David Hoffman, Inc. The Steamboat House
remains one of the most popular destinations at the Sam Houston Memorial
Museum complex, with over 40,000 people per year visiting the site.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints of the Sam Houston Steamboat House prepared by Wilkinson and
Nutter show plans for the foundation and the first and second floors, and
sections and elevations of the site, dated May 1935.

Irrigation proposition for Zavala Land and Irrigation Company at La
Pryor, 1911, undated,
0.45 cubic ft.

Agency History

Colonel Isaac (Ike) T. Pryor, cattleman and owner of the 100,000-acre 77
Ranch in Zavala County, founded La Pryor, Texas. He formed the Zavala Land
and Water Development Company which in the 1910s sold small parcels of
farmland from the 30,000 acres of property he held west of the Nueces River.
The well-advertised sales offer brought prospective buyers to the area who
toured the site on organized train excursions and were shown the wide
variety of produce grown on an experimental farm south of town. Farmsteads
of 20 to 160 acres were sold and were planted with cotton, milo, corn, other
grain and red-top cane for hay. The Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer underlying much
of Zavala County provides water for agricultural irrigation, as well as for
municipal and industrial uses.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Plans and maps prepared by Young Engineering and Construction Company show a
power and ice plant, a pumping station, and well pumps as part of an
irrigation proposition for Zavala Land and Irrigation Company (later known
as the Zavala Land and Water Development Company). The maps show the general
situation of the irrigation district, different sections of the district, a
profile and section of the river dam, the situation of the river dam, and
the Nueces River. Of particular interest is a map showing Colonel Isaac T.
Pryor's 77 Ranch and the surrounding land ownership in Zavala County.
Materials are dated 1911 and undated. Associated papers, undated, include
the text of the proposition for the irrigation project prepared by Young
Engineering and Construction Company.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Irrigation proposition for Zavala Land and Irrigation
Company at La Pryor, Blueprints and drawings collection. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission.

Associated papers, undated

Box

821-91

Irrigation proposition for Zavala Land and Irrigation Company
pamphlet, undated

Blueprints and drawings, 1911,
undated

Box

821-48

Water shed, 1911

General situation of irrigation district, September 23, 1911

Section map, November
9, 1911

Section map, November
10, 1911

Profile and section of river dam, November 8, 1911

Situation of river dam, November 8, 1911

Mustang Slough earth dam, November 8, 1911

Power and ice plant, November 15, 1911

Pumping station, November 16, 1911

Well pumps, November
25, 1911

Map of Nueces River, undated

Map of County, I.T. Pryor's 77 Ranch and Surrounding Land
Ownership, Zavala County, undated

The Lyndon B. Johnson State Office Building in downtown Austin, Texas was
designed by architectural firms Golemon and Rolfe; Joiner, Coburn and King;
and Lundgren and Maurer in 1967. Construction was completed in 1968 and the
building housed the Texas State Board of Control until it was abolished in
1979 (House Bill 1673, 66th Texas Legislature, Regular Session). As of 2012,
the office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts occupies the Lyndon
B. Johnson State Office Building.

Scope and Contents of the Records

The records consist of blueprints of the Lyndon B. Johnson State Office
Building prepared by architectural firms Golemon and Rolfe; Joiner, Coburn
and King; and Lundgren and Maurer showing plans for the first through eighth
floors and the penthouse, dating November 21, 1967. Blueprints include
basement floor plans with revisions dating April, July, and September of
1967; first floor plans with revisions dating April, July, August, and
September of 1967; power plans for the ground and first floors, dating
November 21, 1967, with revisions dating December 26, 1967; and plans for a
drive-up teller window dated January 31, 1969. Undated materials include
Photostat reproductions of telephone locations and Texas State Board of
Control engineering plans for the basement and first floor. Undated
associated papers include equipment descriptions and pricing for Diebold
office machines.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group.

Albert Sidney Johnston was an officer in the Texas Revolution and the
Mexican-American War and a Confederate general in the Civil War who was
killed at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. He was the highest-ranking
casualty on either side of the conflict. Initially buried in New Orleans,
the Texas Legislature passed a joint resolution in 1866 to have Johnston
re-interred in Austin, Texas. He was buried in the Texas State Cemetery in
1867. In 1905, a sarcophagus carved by noted sculptor Elisabet Ney was
erected at the site. The tomb was repaired by the Texas State Board of
Control in 1973 at the request of the 63rd Texas Legislature (House
Resolution 122, Regular Session).

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records illustrating the design of the General Albert Sidney Johnston
Monument consist of two undated and unsigned pen and pencil sketches of the
granite and concrete foundation. Associated papers include undated letters
of authorization, specifications, and contractor agreements. Of particular
interest are two partial color sketches on paperboard by Elizabet Ney,
dating 1902-1903.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

The premise for the state library was established on January 24, 1839 by the
third Congress of the Republic of Texas. It was placed within the Capitol
building on the third floor and by the 1870s had 5,000 volumes. Under the
Constitution of 1876, the Department of Insurance, Statistics, and History
was established and took control of the State Library. The first
commissioner was Valentine O. King, who helped establish the Texas State
Archives division of the library. A fire on November 9, 1881 destroyed the
Capitol, along with most of the library's collection. When the new Capitol
was built, the State Library was placed in the north wing of the second
floor. In 1909, the Texas State Library and Historical Commission was
created (renamed in 1979 as the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission).

In January 1957, Governor Marion Price Daniel Sr. recommended to the 55th
Texas Legislature that a building be constructed to house the State Library
and Archives. The new building, situated east of the Capitol in Austin,
Texas, was dedicated on April 10, 1962 and used the same granite quarry as
the Capitol. The building is 257 feet long, 77 feet wide, and 60 feet tall,
with five main floors and seven stack floors. The Texas General Land Office
was located in the building until January 1974. The Texas State Library and
Archives Commission works to preserve historical documents, including those
of the state government; aids researchers; and helps improve library
facilities through the state by stimulating the use of libraries by the
public.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications of the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and
Library Building were prepared by Adams and Adams, Architects; Snead and Co.
Iron Works; and Art Metal Construction Co. Included are plot, site, floor,
foyer, and stack area plans, as well as wall sections, elevations, and
details for granite, interior, electrical, tunnel, shelving and equipment.
Materials are dated 1909-1914, 1958-1960, and undated.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged as received.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building,
Blueprints and drawings collection. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Box

821-71

Adams and Adams, Architects, December 20, 1958:

Site plan - existing conditions

Site plan - new conditions

Ground floor and first stack floor plan

First floor and second stack floor plan

Second floor and third and fourth stack floor
plan

Third floor and fifth stack floor plan

Fourth floor and stack roof plan

Fourth floor and sixth and seventh stack floor
plan

Penthouse floor and roof plan

Door and finish schedules

Door details

Window schedule and details

West elevations

North, south, and east elevations

North, south, and east elevations (Alt. 1 - A, B, C,
D)

Cross section and longitudinal section

Wall sections

Wall sections

Foyer plan - elevations and details

South lobby plan - elevations and details

Interior elevations - reading room - first floor
corridor

Interior elevations and details

Interior details

Toilet room interior elevations and details

Stair floor plan and details

Stair sections

Elevator plans and details

Granite details

Granite details

Granite details

Foundation, ground floor and first stack floor framing
plan

First floor and second stack floor framing plan

Second floor and third and fourth stack floor framing
plan

Third floor and fifth stack floor framing plan

Fourth floor and sixth and seventh stack floor and stack roof

Framing plan

Roof and penthouse roof framing plans

Columns and footings - schedules

Beams - schedules

Beams - schedules (continued)

Beams and slabs - schedules and test hole data

Sections and details in stack area and stair
section

Stair section and details

Miscellaneous sections

Tunnel details

Plot plan - Mechanical and Electrical

Mechanical plans:

Underfloor plan and tunnel profile

Ground floor and first stack floor plan

First floor and second stack floor plan

Second floor and third and fourth stack floor
plan

Third floor and fifth stack floor plan

Fourth floor and stack roof plan

Fourth floor and sixth and seventh stack floor
plan

Penthouse floor and main roof plan

Plumbing riser diagrams and details

Mechanical schedules and symbols

Mechanical details

Stack alternates - diagram and floor plans

Electrical plans:

Ground floor and first stack floor plan

First floor and second stack floor plan

Second floor and third and fourth stack floor
plan

Third floor and fifth stack floor plan

Fourth floor and stack roof plan

Fourth floor and sixth and seventh stack floor
plan

Penthouse floor and main roof plan

Electrical details

Electrical details, diagrams, and symbols

The Marmon Mok Partnership, August 20, 1984:

Notes, schedules and details, fire deficiency
corrections

Monument Hill Tomb, 1936,
0.11 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Monument Hill Tomb is located within the Monument Hill-Kreische Brewery
State Historic Site near La Grange, Texas in Fayette County. The site was
chosen as a cemetery in 1848 for the Texans who died in the 1842 Dawson
Massacre and during the 1843 Black Bean Episode of the failed Meir
Expedition. A German immigrant named Heinrich Kreische bought the site in
1849 and built one of the first commercial breweries in Texas into the side
of the bluff. After his death, both the brewery and the cemetery site
deteriorated. In 1907, the state condemned a 0.36-acre tract of land
surrounding the cemetery, but it wasn't until a representative of the Texas
State Historical Association visited the site in 1931 and suggested the
remains be moved to the State Cemetery in Austin that action was taken. The
local members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas cleared the area,
erected a fence, and commissioned a new granite vault, which was dedicated
on September 18, 1933, the ninety-first anniversary of the Dawson Massacre.
A forty-eight-foot tall shellcrete monument was constructed in 1936 by the
Texas Centennial Commission featuring an Art Deco-style mural and
ten-foot-tall bronze statue. The Texas State Board of Control transferred
the site to the Parks Department in 1949. In 1956, the citizens of Fayette
County purchased and donated 3.58 acres of the surrounding land to the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department. The state acquired an additional thirty-six
acres of surrounding land in 1977 from private interests, including the
Kreische brewery, and declared the area part of the state park system.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints of Monument Hill Tomb prepared by Page and Southerland show the
front and rear of the monument, half of the foundation, a side elevation,
details, and sections, and date August 25, 1936.

Old Stone Fort, 1936,
0.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

La Casa Piedra (later known as the Old Stone Fort) was built by the Spanish
in 1779 as the first mercantile house in Nacogdoches. It remained the
tallest structure in town for nearly a century, and often served as the seat
of civil authority and as a military headquarters. In 1834, Vicente Córdova
bought the property and used it as a courthouse until he was forced to flee
following the failure of his 1838 rebellion. John S. Roberts purchased the
stone house in 1838 and ran a saloon out of it. In 1902, it was dismantled
and replaced with a commercial building. The original stones were saved by
the Cum Concilio Club, a women's literary club in Nacogdoches, Texas, and
used to rebuild the original structure on the campus of Stephen F. Austin
State Teachers College in 1936 in honor of the Texas Centennial. Because of
its many uses by Spanish, Mexican, and American military forces, the
reconstructed building became known as the Old Stone Fort.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints for the Old Stone Fort prepared by H.B. Tucker show plans for the
foundation, first and second floors, and roof, and include elevations,
sections, details, and plans for electric light fixtures. Materials are
dated April 1, 1936.

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, 1936, 0.11 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Panhandle-Plains Historical Society was organized on February 1921 in
Canyon, Texas in Randall County. It was established to collect and preserve
materials relating to the natural history, pioneer life, and development of
the Panhandle and High Plains region of Texas and to encourage study of the
region. Its annual journal, the Panhandle-Plains
Historical Review, was first published in 1928. Pioneer Hall,
which houses the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, was constructed in 1932
on the campus of West Texas State Teachers College (later West Texas A&M
University) and opened to the public on April 14, 1933. An addition to the
museum was funded with a grant from the Texas Centennial Commission and
allowed more room for its growing artifacts collection. Several major
expansions have since increased the museum space to over 285,000 square
feet. The historical society owns and manages the nearly two million
artifacts contained in the museum, while West Texas A&M University and
the Texas A&M University Board of Regents provide and maintain the
building facilities. Collecting focuses for the museum include anthropology,
geology, paleontology, natural history, the cattle industry, the Plains
Indians, firearms, transportation, the fine arts, decorative arts, textiles,
and historical artifacts from the region. The museum continues to function
as headquarters for the society and hosts a library and archives that
include manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, and newspapers reflecting
the economic, social, cultural, and political life in the region.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints of an addition to the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum prepared
by Rittenberry and Carder show plans for terraces, the foundation, a
basement, and the first floor, as well as details, sections, and elevations
of the site, and date May 19, 1936.

Sam Houston State University was founded as Sam Houston Normal Institute by
the 16th Texas Legislature on October 10, 1879 to train the teachers of
Texas. It is located in Huntsville, Texas in Walker County at the site
formerly occupied by Austin College. Its construction was financed with
state taxes and the assistance of the George Peabody Fund. The institute was
initially managed by the State Board of Education, which appointed three
Huntsville citizens as a board of directors. In 1909, the scope of the
curriculum expanded to include vocational training and home economics and in
1919, the first baccalaureate degree was awarded. The name of the school was
changed to Sam Houston State Teachers College in 1923 and the college was
admitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the
American Association of Teachers Colleges, the Association of Texas
Colleges, intercollegiate athletic conferences, and received associate
membership in the American Association of University Women. With the
reorganization of the school and further expansion of the curriculum in
1965, the state legislature changed the school's name to Sam Houston State
College (Senate Bill 374, 59th Legislature, Regular Session) and finally to
Sam Houston State University in 1969 (House Bill 577, 61st Legislature,
Regular Session).

The Peabody Memorial Library was built in 1902 at Sam Houston Normal
Institute and financed by George Peabody's Southern Education Fund. It fell
into disrepair after the larger Estill Library was built on campus in 1928
but was restored and rededicated as an archival library in 1991. The Texas
Historical Commission designated the library a Texas Historic Landmark in
1990. The Peabody Memorial Library no longer hosts the university archives
but functions as a campus social center, hosting meetings, receptions, and
special events.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints for the Peabody Memorial Library built at Sam Houston Normal
Institute (later to become Sam Houston State University) prepared by J.L.
O'Connor show plans for the basement, floor, and roof, as well as sections,
elevations, and details, and date June 26, 1902. Of particular interest are
details of the mantle and vaulted ceiling in the reading room.

Prairie View A&M University, 1899, undated, 0.54 cubic ft.

Agency History

Prairie View A&M University, the second oldest public institution of
higher education in Texas, originated in the Texas Constitution of 1876. On
August 14, 1876, the Texas Legislature established the "Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas for
Colored Youths" and placed responsibility for its management with
the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan.
The A&M College of Texas for Colored Youths opened at Prairie View,
Texas in Waller County on March 11, 1878. The university's original
curriculum was designated by the Texas Legislature in 1879 to be that of a
normal school for the preparation and training of teachers. This curriculum
was expanded to include the arts and sciences, home economics, agriculture,
mechanical arts and nursing after the university was established as a branch
of the Agricultural Experiment Station (Hatch Act, 1887) and as a Land Grant
College (Morrill Act, 1890). The four-year senior college program began in
1919 and in 1937, a division of graduate studies was added, offering
master's degrees in agricultural economics, rural education, agricultural
education, school administration and supervision, and rural sociology. In
1945, the name of the institution was changed from Prairie View Normal and
Industrial College to Prairie View University (Senate Bill 228, 49th Texas
Legislature, Regular Session), and the school was authorized to offer, "as need arises," all courses offered at the
University of Texas. In 1947, the Texas Legislature changed the name to
Prairie View A&M College of Texas and provided that "courses be offered in agriculture, the mechanics
arts, engineering, and the natural sciences connected therewith,
together with any other courses authorized at Prairie View at the time
of passage of this act, all of which shall be equivalent to those
offered at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas at
Bryan" (Senate Bill 140, 50th Legislature, Regular Session). On
August 27, 1973, the name of the institution was changed to Prairie View
A&M University (Senate Bill 487, 63rd Legislature, Regular Session).

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records documenting buildings at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas for Colored Youths (later Prairie View A&M University) include
blueprints of a dormitory and cottages, 1899 and undated. The dormitory
blueprints prepared by F.E. Giesecke show plans for the foundation, first,
second, and third floors, and roof along with sections, details, and
elevations of the site. Materials are dated December 8, 1899. Blueprints of
cottages prepared by an unknown architect show specifications, floor and
roof plans, elevations, details, and schedules and are undated. Associated
papers include December 8, 1900 specifications of material for the dormitory
and a list of estimate costs.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, by
architect.

Presidio San Sabá, about
1936, 0.21 cubic ft.

Agency History

Presidio San Sabá, originally known as Presidio San Luis de las Amarillas,
was established in April 1757 to protect the Santa Cruz de San Sabá Mission
near the San Saba River and modern-day Menard, Texas. Spanish-Indian
conflict was rife in the area and after fifteen years of raids, food
shortages, and epidemics, the fort was abandoned in 1772. In 1936, the Texas
Centennial Commission reconstructed the northwest portion of the Presidio
San Sabá with a grant from the Texas Legislature (House Bill 11, 44th
Legislature, Regular Session), but the reconstruction quickly fell into
disrepair. In 2009, the Menard County Historical Commission received a grant
from the Texas Historical Commission to reconstruct the original footprint
of the site.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records of the restoration of Presidio San Sabá consist of unsigned linen
prints showing a restoration proposal, including a site plan, elevations,
and details. Also included is a rough map of the area on poster paper.
Materials are undated but date from the building's restoration in 1936.
Undated associated papers include a list of materials and cost, a letter of
estimate costs, and a printed map of the San Saba River.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group.

San Antonio State Hospital, 1899, 1904, undated, 1.53 cubic ft.

Agency History

In 1889, the Texas Legislature approved construction for the Southwest Insane
Asylum. The first building was completed in April 1892 at a location five
miles south of San Antonio, Texas in Bexar County. The facility was placed
on a site of 672 acres and at its peak could comfortably house approximately
2,600 patients. In 1925, the Southwest Insane Asylum was renamed the San
Antonio State Hospital. At the end of the first year, the patient population
was approximately 142, but by 1912 the facility was equipped to serve 1,140
patients. The next year capacity was increased to 1,800 as overcrowding
continued to be a constant issue with the facility. Five new buildings were
added by 1939 and by 1940 the San Antonio State Hospital housed 2,854
patients. By this time, the power of oversight had been transferred to the
Texas State Board of Control, which ensured patients were placed in other
accommodations while expansions to the facility occurred. At this time new
patients were placed on a list that exceeded 700, with many being left in
local jails to wait for available bed space. By 1960, the San Antonio State
Hospital was servicing several thousand patients. Shortly thereafter, the
ratio of patients to staff was reduced under federal court orders. By the
1990s, the San Antonio State Hospital was equipped to handle acute, extended
care, multiple disability, psychiatric intensive care, adolescent,
bicultural, geriatric care, and chemical dependency.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Records documenting buildings at the Southwest Insane Asylum (later the San
Antonio State Hospital) consist of blueprints and specifications prepared by
H.T. Phelps, Architect, for additions and alterations; McAdoo and Woolley,
Architects, for proposed new wards and hospital; Larmour and Watson,
Architects for a boiler house; and J. Reily Gordon for improvements and
repairs. Shown are plot, floor, framing, basement, and roof plans, as well
as elevations and plumbing details. materials dated January 15, 1904 and
undated. Associated papers consist of specifications dated 1899 and
undated.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), San Antonio State Hospital, Blueprints and drawings
collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission.

Associated papers, 1899 and
undated

Box

821-91

Handwritten letter, McAdoo and Wooley, Architects, undated

Specifications of labor and materials, unknown architects, 1899

Blueprints and drawings, January 15, 1904
and undated

Box

821-58

H.T. Phelps, Architect, January 15, 1904:

Present basement, basement plan of hospital
remodeled

First floor plan

Framing plan of first floor

Second floor plan

Framing plan of second floor

Third floor plan remodeled

Plan showing framing of roof on third story addition and
disposition of new fire proofing

Roof plan

Roof plan of addition

Front elevation

End elevation

Rear elevation

Section

Details showing disposition of wire and frame in
windows

Present first floor and second floor

Basement plan

First floor plan

Framing plan of first floor

Second floor plan

Framing plan of second floor

Roof plan

Framing plan of roof

Front and rear elevations

Elevation

Side elevation

Longitudinal section

Transverse section

Proposed new wards and hospital, McAdoo and Woolley,
Architects, undated:

Located near the city of La Porte, twenty-two miles southeast of Houston in
Harris County, Texas, the San Jacinto Monument and Museum was constructed
beginning in 1936 with both state and federal funds as part of the Texas
Centennial celebration. Costing $1.5 million, the monument is considered one
of the best examples of modern architecture in the nation. The museum is the
building's base and forms 125 square feet. Engravings and a frieze depict
events from the history of Texas. Originally the facility was operated by
the San Jacinto Museum of History Association, organized on November 9, 1938
by the Texas State Board of Control. In September 1966 the Board of Control
transferred oversight to the Texas State Parks and Wildlife Commission.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications prepared by Alfred C. Finn, Architect show
plans for the San Jacinto Monument and Museum, the Park, and the Pavilion.
The documents contain floor, plumbing, electrical, plot, basement, and roof
plans, elevations and stair details, and plans for terraces and an
amphitheatre. Materials date 1914, 1935-1939, and undated. Associated papers
consist of specifications dated 1936. Related photographs of the San Jacinto
Monument Construction (1964/151) are in the State Archives' Prints and
Photographs collection.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), San Jacinto Monument and Museum, Blueprints and drawings
collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission.

Founded in the early eighteenth century, the San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
Mission is one of five missions established in San Antonio, in what would
later become the state of Texas. The mission was requested on December 26,
1719 by the president of the Franciscans of the College of Nuestra Señora de
Guadalupe de Zacatecas. By February 23, 1720, a tract of land on the east
bank of the San Antonio River was approved and assigned to 240 Indians of
the area, primarily Pampopa, Pastia, and Sulujam. An epidemic hit in 1739,
and the mission moved to high ground, more than a half mile from the former
site. Though there are over 21 known groups of Indians known to have resided
at the mission, the baptismal, marriage, and burial registers are lost,
preventing further knowledge of the inhabitants. While at the mission,
Indians were converted to Christian teachings and European values. During
the early nineteenth century the mission was secularized and portioned off.
Troops also began using the grounds during this time and did considerable
damage to the structure. By the early twentieth century part of the north
wall of the church, the dome, and the roof, along with the bell tower and
stairs had collapsed. In 1932 major restoration was started on the mission
structures by the church, the San Antonio Conservation Society and Bexar
County, assisted by the U.S. Works Progress Administration and the Civil
Works Administration under the supervision of architect Harvey P. Smith. In
1941, the mission grounds were declared a national and state historical site
and were operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department from 1941 to
1983. The mission is a part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical
Park.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications prepared by Harvey P. Smith for the San José y
San Miguel de Aguayo Mission show plans for the north wall, basement, floor,
and plot plans, as well as elevation and section details. Materials are
dated December 5, 1936, November 27, 1937, and undated.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged as received.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission, Blueprints and
drawings collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.

Box

821-63

Plans and details, December 5, 1936:

Plan along north wall

Elevations, details, and sections

Longitudinal section, cross section, and first floor and
basement plans

Plans and details, November 27, 1937:

Plan along north wall

Elevations and details

Elevations, plan, details, and sections

Plot plan, elevation, and details

Plans and details, undated:

Plan No. One

Plan No. Eight

Elevations

Longitudinal and cross sections and first floor and basement
plans

James Smith Memorial Building, about 1936, 0.22 cubic ft.

Agency History

The James Smith Memorial Building was constructed during the 1936 Texas
Centennial in Fair Park in Tyler, Texas. It comprised one large room, 26
feet by 36 feet, paneled in stained knotty pine, and was owned and
maintained by the City of Tyler. The facility was built in honor of James
Smith, a captain in the Texas Revolution, who used his home to protect
neighbors during the Indian troubles of 1837-1838. Smith was later a
brigadier general in command of the Third Brigade on the northwest frontier
with Mexico, and he represented Rusk County in the Texas House of
Representatives, 1846-1847. In the 1970s, the building was torn down because
of rot and termites. The former location is in the Tyler Rose Gardens.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for the James Smith Memorial Building designed
through the office of W. Keith Maxwell show foundation and floor plans, side
elevations and section details. Materials are undated but date from the
building's design in about 1936.

State Insurance Building, 1960, 19620.53 cubic ft.

Agency History

The State Insurance Building, sometimes called the Texas Insurance Building
or the Insurance Building, is located in the Capitol Complex in Austin,
Texas. It was built in the early 1960s and was originally occupied by the
Industrial Accident and State Insurance Boards. Since the late 20th century,
it serves as headquarters for the organization of offices, councils, and
commissions within the Office of the Governor.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints for the State Insurance Building prepared by architect W. Clark
Craig show floor plans, frame types, and window details, with prints dating
November 9, 1960 and revisions dating October 5, 1962.

Sunken Garden Amphitheatre, 1936-1937, undated, 0.7 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Sunken Garden Theater is located adjacent to the southwest corner of
Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas at the site of a former limestone
quarry. Alamo Roman and Portland Cement Company, later called Alamo Cement
Company, used the quarry from 1880 until 1908 when it moved to a new
facility with rail access north of the city limits. By the 1920s,
landscaping improvements included a lily pond named the Japanese Garden on
the northern portion of the site, and to the south, the Texas Star Garden
with patterns formed by rocks and flowers. The acoustical qualities of the
site were noticed and performances began to be held there. Sculptor Gutzon
Borglum drew the first plans for the theater in a Grecian style, the design
of which appeared in the San Antonio Light on
January 19, 1930. Borglum's design differed from the final design that was
completed by local architect Harvey P. Smith. Construction of the theater
was authorized to begin in February 1930 and was completed in time for the
dedication on July 14, 1930.

The Sunken Garden Theater facility was completed in 1937 as part of the Texas
Centennial celebration. Renovation and additions at that time included
dressing rooms, stage improvements and a concrete floor for the theater
seating area. Architects for the Centennial project, completed by the U.S.
Works Progress Administration, were Harvey P. Smith, George Willis and
Charles T. Boelhauwe. A concession area was built by the National Youth
Administration in 1937-1938. A bronze plaque installed on the east wing wall
reads, "1836-1936. Sunken Garden Theatre, a
memorial to the Heroes of the Texas Revolution." Another plaque
recognized the San Antonio Civic Opera Co., founded by Mrs. Lewis
Krams-Beck. The amphitheater is used for both commercial functions and city
co-sponsored events.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for additions and alterations to the Sunken
Garden Amphitheatre were prepared by Harvey P. Smith, George Willis, and
Charles T. Boelhauwe, Architects and show floor, elevation, and plot plans,
elevation and section details and details on the placement of the bronze
tablets. Materials are dated November and December 1936 and February 1937.
The first set of drawings has no date but are identical (with the addition
of one sheet) to the second set.

Terrell State Hospital, 1899,
1905, 1909, undated, 2.53 cubic ft.

Agency History

Due to overcrowding in the state's only psychiatric treatment facility, the
State Lunatic Asylum (later the Austin State Hospital) in Austin, State
Representative John S. Wood introduced a bill in 1881 for a new branch to be
placed in North Texas. On February 16, 1883, the 18th Texas Legislature
passed Wood's bill, and a 672.65 acre site was chosen northeast of Terrell,
Texas to house the new facility. Originally known as the North Texas Lunatic
Asylum, the facility opened on July 14, 1885 with the purpose of treating
and caring for the chronically incurable insane. Oversight of the facility,
then known as the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, was passed to the
Texas State Board of Control in 1920. Five years later it was renamed the
Terrell State Hospital. Responsibility for the institution was transferred
to the Texas Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools in 1949,
and then to the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation in
1965. As of 2004, the hospital has operated under the direction of the Texas
Department of State Health Services. The facilities have continued to be
renovated and improved.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for the North Texas Lunatic Asylum (later
Terrell State Hospital) prepared by C.A. Gill and Son, Architects, and an
unnamed architect show plans for a female annex, laundry building, and
pavilion consisting of floor, foundation, and roof plans, elevations, and
specification details. Materials are dated October 10, 1899 and December 11,
1905. Associated papers consist of specifications dated 1899 and undated.
See the series Fireproofing and fire protection
for blueprints of the proposed underground layout for fire protection for
the asylum.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Texas A&M University, 1899, 1902, 0.77 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College was established by an act of
the Texas Legislature on April 17, 1871 as a branch of the University of
Texas for instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, and the natural
sciences. It opened its doors on October 4, 1876 in College Station, Texas.
Although it was the second institute of higher learning to be approved by
the state legislature, since the University of Texas had still yet to be
built, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was the first to
admit students. Originally only white males were admitted, and all students
were required to participate in military training. The college was expanded
and renamed on August 23, 1963 by the 58th Texas Legislature as Texas
A&M University. That year, the first African American students were
enrolled, and a limited co-educational policy was initiated for women. By
the early 1970s the school was fully co-educational.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
(later renamed Texas A&M University) prepared by F.E. Giesecke, and
Dodson and Scott, Architects show plans for a dormitory, chemical-veterinary
laboratory, and four residences and contain floor plans, side elevations,
and building details. Materials are dated February and September 1899, and
April 8, 1902. Associated papers consist of specifications dated 1899 and
1902.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Texas Confederate Home, 1901,
1903,0.45 cubic ft.

Agency History

After receiving a charter from the state on November 28, 1884, the John B.
Hood Camp of United Confederate Veterans established a home for disabled
Confederate veterans with financial help from the Albert Sidney Johnston
Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The home opened on
November 1, 1886 on West Sixth Street in Austin, Texas and operated
privately until 1891, when the state assumed control and officially named it
the Texas Confederate Home. The facility included private cottages, living
quarters, an administrative building, and a hospital. The Texas State Board
of Control administered the institution from 1920 until 1949, when the 51st
Texas Legislature assigned management to the Texas Board for Texas State
Hospitals and Special Schools (House Bill 1, Regular Session). The Texas
Confederate Home began admitting veterans and their spouses from the Spanish
American War and World War I after 1939. Mental patients considered senile
were allowed to be transferred to the Confederate Home from other state
institutions beginning in 1943. The last Confederate veteran died in 1954 at
the age of 108. In 1963, the remaining patients were transferred to the
Kerrville State Hospital, and the Texas Confederate Home buildings became an
annex to the Austin State School before being demolished in 1970.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Plans for the dining hall and hospital building of the Texas Confederate
Home, designed by C.H. Page Jr., Architect include elevations, floor plans,
and details for both buildings. Associated papers include specifications for
the dining hall and the hospital building, and a paper for the
specifications of the facilities. Dates are December 4, 1901 and August 7,
1903.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, by building.

The Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youth was established by the
18th Texas Legislature in 1887 with a $50,000 appropriation and located on a
100-acre tract about four miles northwest of downtown Austin, Texas, on Bull
Creek Road between 38th and 45th streets. The charity-sponsored institution
for black children opened on October 17, 1887, with seventeen pupils and two
teachers. Initially occupying only an eleven-room residence, in 1888 a new
two-story brick building was added to provide more classroom and dormitory
space. In 1919, oversight of the school was assigned to the newly created
Texas State Board of Control. By the 1940s the school had twelve brick
buildings and one stone building, including dormitories, classrooms,
hospital, superintendent's residence, and dining room. Instruction at the
accredited high school emphasized training in trades and industries. Among
the courses offered were manual labor, broom making, mattress making,
shoemaking and repair, tailoring, cleaning and pressing, cooking, sewing,
rug making, and other handicrafts.

When the State Colored Orphans' Home was combined with the institute in 1943,
the name of the facility was changed to the Texas Blind, Deaf, and Orphan
School. The school was moved southeast to 601 Airport Boulevard in 1961,
after the legislature appropriated $1.5 million for the construction of
eleven buildings to accommodate the 1,208 students. The school was placed
under the jurisdiction of the Texas Education Agency in 1965, and its name
was changed to Texas Blind and Deaf School. That year the students began to
be racially integrated with the white students at the Texas School for the
Blind and the Texas School for the Deaf. The campus of the former Texas
Blind and Deaf School served as the East Campus facility of the Texas School
for the Deaf, and housed programs in early childhood and elementary
education and the department for multi-handicapped deaf students. All
programs moved to the School for the Deaf's South Campus on South Congress
Avenue after its renovation in the 1990s. The former East Campus facilities
were converted to use by the Austin-Travis County Health and Human Services
Department.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints for the Texas Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute for Colored Youth
consist of unsigned plans (though possibly by C.H. Page Jr., Architect) for
the foundation and first floor, and a partial front elevation and pier
detail. Associated papers are specifications for repairs and new foundation
for mess hall and dormitory, prepared by C.H. Page Jr., Architect. Materials
are undated but likely date from the 1910s.

Texas Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute for Colored Youth,
specifications for repairs and new foundation for mess hall and
dormitory, 1910s

Blueprints and drawings, 1910s

Box

821-67

Foundation plan

Part of front elevation and detail of pier

First floor plan

Texas Highway Department, undated, 0.77 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Texas (State) Highway Department (merged into the State Department of
Highways and Public Transportation in 1975, and merged again into the Texas
Department of Transportation in 1991) was responsible for the building and
maintenance of the state's roads and highways from its creation in 1917. Its
governing body was a three-member Highway Commission who appointed the state
highway engineer, held public hearings, had the authority to create
geographical divisions within the department, and formulated plans or
policies for the location, construction, and maintenance of a comprehensive
system of state highways and public roads in cooperation with the counties
of the state, or under the direct supervision and control of the State
Highway Department.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints prepared by an unknown architect for the Texas Highway Department
are undated and show floor plans and sections for a Quonset hut storage
building (possibly similar to the one built at Camp Hubbard in Austin that
was used to store the State Archives in 1956).

The Texas Pioneers, Trail Drivers, and Rangers Memorial (known as Memorial
Hall or Pioneer Hall) in San Antonio, Texas was created for the 1936 Texas
Centennial to house a museum depicting the history of pioneers and trail
drivers in the state, and of the Texas Rangers. San Antonio architects Atlee
B. and Robert M. Ayres and Phelps and Dewees designed the structure. The
plaque on the building reads, "Pioneers - Old
Trail Drivers - Texas Rangers - Memorial Hall." Two statues in
front of the museum feature trail drivers and a Texas Ranger. The trail
drivers statue, sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, was commissioned by the Trail
Drivers Association. Borglum completed the model in 1925, but due to lack of
funds it was not cast until 1940, and then was only a fourth of its
originally planned size. The Texas Ranger portion of the museum relocated to
the Buckhorn Museum in San Antonio in 2006.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for the Texas Pioneers, Trail Drivers, and
Rangers Memorial prepared by Atlee B. and Robert M. Ayres and Phelps and
Dewees, Architects show plans and schedules for the first floor, second
floor, basement, and roof, as well as section and elevation details.
Materials are dated December 17, 1936, January 27, 1937, and undated.
Associated papers consist of undated specifications.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group.

The Asylum for the Blind was established by the 6th Texas Legislature on
August 16, 1856. Originally located on San Gabriel Street in Austin, west of
the University of Texas, the school was moved to 45th Street and Lamar
Boulevard in 1917. The costs for operating the institution were covered by
Austin citizens through appropriations approved in the 34th and 35th
Legislatures. The Asylum for the Blind became known as the Texas Institution
for the Blind (also referred to as the Blind Institute) in 1905, the Texas
School for the Blind in 1915, and the Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired in 1989. A complete remodeling of the campus was completed
in 2012. The school's mission is to help all those with a blinding
disability gain skills and knowledge to enjoy fulfilling and satisfying
lives. The Texas State Board of Control began oversight of the facility in
the early 1920s, and continued until the late 1940s when control was
transferred to the Texas Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special
Schools, and then again to the Texas Education Agency in 1953. The Texas
School for the Blind integrated with the all-black Texas Blind and Deaf
School in the 1960s.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for the Texas Institution for the Blind (later
the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired) prepared by C.H. Page
Jr., C.H. Page and Bro., and R.M. Thomson, Architects show plans for a
school building, mattress factory, heating, factory building, boiler house,
stable, and additions to the barn. Foundation, floor, and roof plans are
included, as well as elevations and support details. Materials are dated
1902-1903 and 1911-1912. Associated papers consist of specifications, 1903,
1911-1912, and undated. See the series Fireproofing
and fire protection for blueprints of the proposed underground
layout for fire protection for the school.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired,
Blueprints and drawings collection. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Established as the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum in 1856 by a legislative act,
the school was placed on a tract of fifty-seven acres just south of the
Colorado River in Austin, Texas. In 1858 the Texas Legislature appropriated
$5,000 to buy the rented land, and construct an improved school. Another
building program began in 1875, which allowed the school to provide
additional educational opportunities. An oral system of teaching was added
to supplement the manual form of communication in 1893, in an effort to
develop residual speech ability. The deaf-blind department was transferred
to the Texas School for the Blind in 1934. The Texas State Board of Control
began oversight of the facility in 1919. This power was transferred to the
Texas Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools in 1949, and the
name of the facility was changed to the Texas School for the Deaf. In 1951
the legislature reclassified the school under the jurisdiction of the Texas
Education Agency. In 1965 the school was racially integrated with the Texas
Blind and Deaf School, whose facilities became the East Campus of the School
for the Deaf. The Texas School for the Deaf became an independent school
district in 1981.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum were
prepared by Kuehne, Chasey, and Giesecke, Architects for a primary building;
C.H. Page and Bro., Architects, for an auditorium addition; Olle J. Lorehn,
Architect, for a school building; and C.H. Page Jr., Architect, for building
repairs. Shown are floor, side elevation, and section plans, as well as
mechanical layouts. Materials are dated December 11, 1901, October 13, 1915,
September 25, 1916, and undated. Associated papers for the Texas Deaf and
Dumb Asylum include specifications dated 1901, 1915-1916. See the series
Fireproofing and fire protection for
blueprints of the proposed underground layout for fire protection for the
school.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Texas School for the Deaf, Blueprints and drawings
collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission.

The premise for the state library was established on January 24, 1839 by the
third Congress of the Republic of Texas. It was placed on the third floor of
the Capitol building in Austin, Texas, and by the 1870s had 5,000 volumes.
Under the Constitution of 1876, the Department of Insurance, Statistics, and
History was established and took control of the State Library. The first
commissioner was Valentine O. King, who helped establish the Texas State
Archives division of the library. A fire on November 9, 1881 destroyed the
Capitol, along with most of the library's collection. When the new Capitol
was built, the State Library was placed in the north wing of the second
floor. In 1909, the Texas State Library and Historical Commission was
created (renamed in 1979 as the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission). The State Library remained based in the Capitol until 1962 when
the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building, built adjacent to
the Capitol to the east, was completed. The Texas State Library and Archives
Commission works to preserve historical documents, including those of the
state government; aids researchers; and helps improve library facilities
through the state by stimulating the use of libraries by the public.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints of areas in the Texas Capitol occupied by the Texas State Library
and Historical Commission were prepared by Snead and Co. Iron Works, Art
Metal Construction Co., and an unknown architect. Materials include plot,
site, floor, foyer, and stack area plans, as well as wall sections,
elevations, and details for granite, interior, electrical, tunnel, shelving
and equipment. Materials are dated 1909-1914, and undated.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged as received in each group, by architect.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building,
Blueprints and drawings collection. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

In 1899, the 26th Texas Legislature passed an act authorizing a normal school
at San Marcos, named Southwest Texas Normal School. Eleven acres were
donated by the citizens of San Marcos, and in 1901, the 27th Legislature
appropriated $25,000 for a building. The school opened two years later to an
initial class of 303 students. The name was changed in 1918 to Southwest
Texas State Normal College, and again in 1923 to Southwest Texas State
Teachers College when the school was admitted to the American Association of
Teachers Colleges. In 1975, the Texas State University System was
established by the 64th Legislature. The institution became known as Texas
State University-San Marcos in 2003.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for Southwest Texas Normal School prepared by
G.W. Ashby and A.O. Watson, Architects show plans for a laboratory building
and a superintendent residence that include foundation, roof, and floor
plans, as well as side elevations and building details. Materials are dated
March 6, 1906, February 5, 1909, and undated. Associated papers for
Southwest Texas Normal School include undated specifications for a
laboratory and an addition to the science building prepared by G.W.
Ashby.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

Texas Woman's University, 1902, 0.32 cubic ft.

Agency History

Texas Woman's University was founded as Girls' Industrial College by the
Texas Legislature in 1902 (House Bill 25, 27th Legislature, Regular
Session), as a result of lobbying for a state women's college. Denton, Texas
was selected as the site for the college, and in 1903 classes began at the
school, which focused on traditional literary education with instruction in
the domestic sciences, child care, and practical nursing. The name was
changed in 1905 to College of Industrial Arts, in 1934 to Texas State
College for Women, and in 1957 to Texas Woman's University (Senate Bill 232,
55th Legislature, Regular Session). The first dormitory was built in 1907,
and the second classroom building in 1911. In 1914 the first Bachelor of
Science degrees were awarded. In 1916 the State Department of Education
recognized the institution as a college of the first class. After World War
I, the curriculum was changed from the level of a junior college vocational
school to that of a four-year, college-level curriculum. The college was
admitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in
1923, the American Association of University Women in 1925, and the
Association of American Universities in 1929. In 1927, a legislative mandate
required that four of the nine members of the board of regents be women
(Senate Bill 147, 40th Legislature, Regular Session). The university granted
its first master's degrees in 1930. An extensive building program was
undertaken through the Works Progress Administration and the Public Works
Administration during the 1930s. In 1938 the state gave the Pioneer Woman
statue to the Texas State College for Women for the Texas Centennial. In
1941, the college became a member of the Southern University Conference.
Doctoral degrees were awarded for the first time in 1953, and the college
built a national reputation as a center for research in textiles, food, and
nutrition. Male students were admitted for the first time in 1972.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for Girls' Industrial College (later Texas
Woman's University) prepared by Dodson and Scott, Architects show plans for
the basement, first floor, second floor, third floor, and roof, as well as
elevations and section details. Materials are dated September 6, 1902.
Associated papers consist of stairway, dome, and door specifications dated
1902.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group.

Texas Woman's University Pioneer Woman Memorial, 1937, 0.11 cubic ft.

Agency History

In 1938, a statue of the Pioneer Woman, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long, was
unveiled on the Texas Woman's University campus in Denton, Texas, in honor
of the Texas Centennial. Fifteen feet in height and made from Georgian white
marble, it was sculpted by New York City artist Leo Friedlander over three
years at a cost of $25,000. The statue is situated in a green space between
the music and visual arts buildings. Long has been called the "Mother of Texas" due to her claim that her
third daughter, Mary James Long, born on Bolivar Peninsula on December 21,
1821, was the first child born to an English-speaking woman in Texas, though
this is contradicted by censuses that show children born in Texas to
Anglo-American mothers prior to that date. She was born on July 23, 1798, in
Charles County, Maryland and after being orphaned at about age five she
lived with her older sister's family on their plantation near Natchez,
Mississippi. It was there she later met and married James Long, who would
lead the Long expedition organized in 1819 to help achieve independence for
Texas from Spain. After the filibustering expedition's failure he
established a headquarters known as Fort Las Casas on the Bolivar Peninsula.
He led another expedition that captured and then lost La Bahía in 1821,
after which he was taken prisoner to Mexico City where he was killed by a
guard in 1822. After being widowed, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long received
title to a league of land in Fort Bend County and a labor in Waller County
from empresario Stephen F. Austin on August 24, 1824, though she remained
resident in San Felipe. Returning to Texas after educating her only
surviving first daughter in Mississippi, she bought W.T. Austin's boarding
house at Brazoria in 1832 and operated it for five years. She then moved to
her league of land in 1837, opened another boarding house there and
developed a profitable plantation two miles south of the town of Richmond,
using slave labor. After the Civil War, the land was worked by tenants and
the value of her estate continually diminished. She died on December 30,
1880 and was buried in the Morton Cemetery in Richmond.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints for the Pioneer Woman Memorial at the Texas State College for
Women (later Texas Woman's University) prepared by architect Donald Nelson
and sculptor Leo Friedlander show a plot plan, elevations of the site,
sections, details, and plans for the base of the statue, dating December 30,
1937.

Tom Green County Library, 1930s, 0.44 cubic ft.

Agency History

The Tom Green County Library in San Angelo, Texas was built in 1938 through
donations from Mrs. Sol Mayer. In 1957 a wing was added to the structure,
which doubled the space. In the 1980s the building became the county health
department and the library moved to the Edd B. Keyes Building, and then
moved again in 2010 to the former Hemphill-Wells department store
building.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for Tom Green County Library prepared by John
G. Becker, Architect show a plot plan, foundation plan, floor plans,
elevations, and section details. Materials are undated but date from the
design of the building in the 1930s.

Troup Experiment Station, 1902, undated, 0.45 cubic ft.

Agency History

Established in the fall of 1901 as Substation No. 2 of the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, the Troup Experiment Station was located one mile
northeast of Troup (known as Troupe until 1909), Texas in Smith County. The
Hatch Act (passed by the U.S. Congress in 1887) called for agricultural
experiment stations to be established by land grant colleges in each state,
funded with federal grants. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station was
conducting research projects in College Station by March 1888, and field
tests began at several state prison farms, the state reform school in
Gatesville, and Prairie View Normal College. Temporary stations were started
at McKinney and Wichita Falls in 1893. The first permanent regional station
opened in 1894 as Substation No. 1 in Beeville, Bee County. The state of
Texas began to fund additional regional stations in 1909 (Senate Bill 52,
31st Texas Legislature). Sixteen substations were established by 1930. The
Troup Experiment Station consisted of 150 acres, 80 of which are used for
cultivation. Beginning in 1902, a barn, a seven-room two-story dwelling, and
a nine-room office and laboratory building were constructed. Later a
four-room tenant house was added. Early work consisted of horticultural
tests, but the focus eventually shifted to agronomic work. The station
closed after its land was conveyed to the Troup Consolidated School District
in 1933 (Senate Bill 388, 43rd Legislature). The Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, known as Texas A&M Agrilife Research since 2008,
continues to operate 13 research centers and associated research
stations.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for the Troup Experiment Station prepared by an
unknown architect and by J.H. Bothwell, Architect, for the station and the
superintendent's residence show elevations, floor plans, framing sections,
and the foundations. Materials are dated July 3, 1902 and undated.
Associated papers consist of undated specifications.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, which may be by
building or by architect.

University of North Texas school building, 1903, 0.32 cubic ft.

Agency History

The University of North Texas was founded as Texas Normal College and
Teachers' Training Institute by Joshua C. Chilton, as a private college in
1890. It is located in Denton, Texas and its first building was financed and
constructed by the city government before receiving a state charter in June
1891. In 1893, the college was permitted to confer state teaching
certificates and its name was changed to North Texas Normal College. It was
granted a state charter by the Texas Legislature on March 31, 1899 (Senate
Bill 145, 26th Legislature, Regular Session) and granted its first
baccalaureate degree in 1917. The college joined intercollegiate athletic
conferences in 1913 and was admitted to the Association of Texas Colleges
and Universities in 1919, the American Association of Teachers Colleges and
Universities in 1921, the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of
the Southern States in 1925, and the Association of American Universities in
1940. The school's name was changed to North Texas State Teachers College in
1949 (House Bill 691, 51st Legislature, Regular Session), to North Texas
State College (House Bill 645, 57th Legislature, Regular Session) in 1961,
and to the University of North Texas in 1987 (Senate Bill 784, 70th
Legislature, Regular Session). In 1992, the university was elected to full
membership in the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications of an unidentified building at North Texas
Normal College (later the University of North Texas) prepared by C.H. Page
Jr. show plans for the basement, first and second floors, and roof, along
with elevations, sections, and details. Of particular interest are details
of a Victorian-style cornice. Materials are dated September 23, 1903 and
undated. Associated papers consist of specifications for the school building
and general work, September 23, 1903.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), University of North Texas school building, Blueprints
and drawings collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission.

Associated papers, 1903

Box

821-91

Specifications for school building

Specifications for general work

Blueprints and drawings, September 23,
1903

Box

821-52

Plan of foundation

Plan of basement

First floor plan

Second floor plan

Roof plan

Front elevation

West side elevation

East side elevation

Rear elevation

Plan of section

Full size detail of cornice

Detail of window frames

Plan of basement

Detail of front elevation

Full size detail of newel and detail of stairs

Detail of stage opening, full size baseboard, and full size
chalk rail

Detail of high truss

Detail of low truss and roof plan showing bracing

University of Texas, 1902,
1904, 1.1 cubic ft.

Agency History

The University of Texas originated in 1839 when the Congress of the Republic
of Texas set aside a site near the Capitol for a university. On March 30,
1881, an election for location of the university was ordered, governance was
vested in a board of eight (later nine) regents, and provisions were made
for admission fees, coeducation, and nonsectarian teaching. On September 6
of that year, Austin was chosen for the main university site and Galveston
for the medical department. On November 17, 1882 the cornerstone for the
west wing of the first Main Building was laid, and the university formally
opened on September 15, 1883. The Main Building was completed in 1899 to
serve all university purposes of the time. The original main campus
consisted of the forty-acre tract on College Hill, which had been set aside
in 1839. In 1897 the university acquired land for an athletic field. San
Antonio architects Charles A. Coughlin and Atlee B. Ayres designed the
Woman's Building and the Engineering Building, completed in 1903 and 1904,
respectively. The Woman's Building was the first dormitory for women on the
campus and served that purpose through 1940, after which it was used as a
classroom until a fire destroyed the structure in 1959. The Engineering
Building housed that department until 1933, when a new Engineering Building
(later named Taylor Hall) designed by Paul Phillipe Cret was completed. The
original Engineering Building eventually became the Journalism Building
(1933-1952), the Speech Building (1953-1977; also occupied by the Geography
Department), and the Student Services Building (1977-1984), and was then
named the Dorothy L. Gebauer Building, to honor the dean of women from 1936
to 1959, and has been used by the College of Liberal Arts since 2000. It is
the oldest academic building still standing on the original 40 acres. In
1910, 500 acres were acquired for life-science research, along with northern
tracts consisting of the grounds of the former Blind Institute in 1925, the
Cavanaugh homestead on Waller Creek in 1930, and the grounds of the Texas
Wesleyan College and property on Whitis Avenue in 1931. The university has
continued to expand since its opening.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for the University of Texas prepared by
architectural firm Coughlin and Ayres show floor plans, elevations, and
section details for the Engineering Building (which later became the Dorothy
L. Gebauer Building) and the Woman's Building (destroyed by fire in 1959),
along with heating and plumbing plans by Kinnison Bros. and William G.
Schuwirth and Co., contractors, and lighting and power plans by W.A. Burke,
contractor. Materials are dated May 1, 1902, and February 10 and May 2,
1904. Associated papers consist of specifications for the buildings, dating
1902-1904. See the series Fireproofing and fire
protection for blueprints of the underground layout for proposed
inside vertical pipes for the university's Medical Department, and of the
fire protection system for the university.

Organization

Materials are organized into two groups: Associated papers and Blueprints and
drawings. Materials are arranged as received in each group, by building.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), University of Texas, Blueprints and drawings collection.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission.

Associated papers, 1902-1904

Box

821-92

Engineering Building, 1904:

Specifications for electricity in the Engineering
Building, April 6,
1904

Contract, April
14, 1904

Specifications for plumbing, drainage, gas, and
compressed air fittings for Engineering Building, April 6,
1904

Contract, April
6, 1904

Specification for steam heating in the Engineering
Building, April 6, 1904

Heating and plumbing plans, Kinnison Bros. and William G.
Schuwirth and Co., contractors, May 2, 1904:

Basement floor plan

First floor plan

Second floor plan

Third floor plan

Riser diagram

Lighting and power plans, W.A. Burke, contractor, May 2, 1904:

Basement floor plan

First floor plan

Second floor plan

Third floor plan

Box

821-86

Woman's Building, Coughlin and Ayres, Architects, May 1, 1902:

Basement and foundation plan

First floor plan

Second floor plan

Third floor plan

Fourth floor plan

Roof plan

Front elevation

South elevation

North elevation

Rear elevation

Longitudinal section

Cross section

Details

Details

Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, 1936, 0.35 cubic ft.

Agency History

Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site is on Farm Road 1155, seven
miles southwest of Navasota in Washington County. The 293-acre park, owned
by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, occupies most of the site of the
old town of Washington, commonly called Washington-on-the-Brazos, which
served as the last capital of the Republic of Texas. The Texas Declaration
of Independence was signed at the site on March 2, 1836. The legislature
appropriated funds to purchase about fifty acres of the old townsite in 1916
and subsequently erected a replica of the hall where the Declaration of
Independence was signed. In 1936 the state acquired additional land, built
an amphitheater, and moved the home Anson Jones built at his Barrington
plantation to the site. In 1949 the Texas Legislature transferred the land
from the Texas State Board of Control to the Texas State Parks Board. In
1955 a number of local people formed the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park
Association, which has raised money for numerous improvements, including a
better replica of the Independence Hall. Additional land was purchased from
private owners in 1976 and 1996. Facilities at the park include picnicking
areas, two pavilions, restrooms, a visitor center, and the Star of the
Republic Museum, staffed by Blinn College of Brenham. The Barrington Living
History Farm, also at the site, includes the restored Anson Jones home and
features farming demonstrations by interpreters in period costume.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic
Site prepared by architect A. Lyman Egan show plans for the layout of an
amphitheatre, arrangement and location of the buildings, picnic areas,
restrooms, and electrical details. Materials are dated May and June of
1936.

West Texas A&M University, about 1910, 0.35 cubic ft.

Agency History

Established by the 31st Texas Legislature, West Texas State Normal College
opened in 1910 in Canyon, Texas as a state supported teachers' university.
The original Administration Building, which housed all functions of the
college, burned in 1914 and was replaced in 1916, the new structure
eventually becoming known as Old Main. Georgia O'Keeffe, later to become a
world-renowned artist, was among the faculty at this time. The college
joined the American Association of Teachers Colleges in 1922, the
Association of Texas Colleges in 1923, and the Southern Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1925. Four-year degrees were first offered
in 1919, and in 1932 the college was the first institution in West Texas to
provide graduate training. West Texas State Normal College was renamed West
Texas State Teachers College in 1923, and renamed again in 1949 as West
Texas State College. In 1963 the legislature changed the name to West Texas
State University to recognize the institution's expanded curriculum. Between
those two name changes, from 1950 to 1965, twenty major buildings were
modified, or constructed in their entirety, as an expansion of the campus.
In 1988 the Old Main Building, the oldest building on campus, was renovated.
West Texas State University joined the Texas A&M University System on
September 1, 1990, and then on June 1, 1993, the school's name was changed
to West Texas A&M University. The university is located on 135 acres at
its main campus in Canyon, and has four colleges and one school:
Agriculture, Nursing and Natural Sciences; Education and Social Sciences; T.
Boone Pickens College of Business; Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts
and Humanities; and the Graduate School.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Plans for the original Administration Building at West Texas A&M
University prepared by architects Waller, Shaw, and Field include basement,
roof, mechanical, floor and plot plans, elevation and section details, and
truss diagrams. Materials are undated but date from the building's design in
about 1910.

West Texas Museum, 1930s-1940s, 0.35 cubic ft.

Agency History

The West Texas Museum was established by the Plains Museum Society (later the
West Texas Museum Association) on March 27, 1929 in Lubbock, Texas. Through
the Centennial Commission of Control, partial construction on a three-story
building was begun in the summer of 1935. The basement was completed on
March 5, 1937. The remaining money needed was allocated by the Texas
Technological College regents in 1948. The formal opening of the museum
occurred in 1950 to coincide with Texas Tech's silver anniversary. Renamed
the Museum of Texas Tech University in 1969, the following year the museum
holdings were moved to a new facility on a seventy-six acre tract to the
northwest. The original museum building was converted to classroom and
office spaces and renamed Holden Hall. Its rotunda retains the South Plains
mural completed by artist Peter Hurd in 1954.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Blueprints and specifications for the West Texas Museum prepared by F.A.
Kleinschmidt, Architect show floor plans, elevations, lighting system
specifications, and heating ventilation system details. Materials are
undated but date from the building's design in the 1930s and 1940s.

Western Normal and Commercial School, mid-1880s, fractional

Agency History

The Western Normal and Commercial School opened in Merkel, Texas in 1886.
Situated sixteen miles west of Abilene, the school operated for only four
years, possibly due to the negative economic effects of drought that this
region of Taylor County experienced at the time. Some sources refer to the
institution as a college. The curriculum of a normal and commercial school
included teacher-training and skills needed for business employment, such as
bookkeeping and shorthand.

Scope and Contents of the Records

Sewage plans for the Western Normal and Commercial School were prepared by
T.H. Langdon, Civil Engineer. Materials are undated but date from the
building's design in the mid-1880s.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged as received.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Western Normal and Commercial School, Blueprints and
drawings collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.